Development of the Global Sea Ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office Global Coupled model
The new sea ice configuration GSI6.0, used in the Met Office Lotions global coupled configuration GC2.0, is described and the sea ice extent, thickness and volume are compared with the previous configuration and with observationally based data sets.In the Arctic, the sea ice is thicker in all seasons than in the previous configuration, and there is