Name: PCWG J. Clim. Special Issue Paper Mission Statement (1 sentence): Contribute to "Influence of the Parameterized Sea Ice Thickness Distribution on Polar Climate in CCSM3" Goals: 1) Describe the role that particular parameterizations play in the simulation of polar feedbacks 2) Describe the mean ice state in control integrations b30.004 and b30.009 3) Compare the mean ice states between b30.004 and b30.009 and determine cause of biases 4) Compare the mean ice states to available observations Motivation: 1) Provide a description of the CCSM polar climate and the effect of the ice thickness distribution on it to the sea ice community Authority: Marika Holland Project Lead: Julie Schramm Scientific Lead(s): Marika Holland Implementation Schedule: *) All phases 8 weeks (Sep 24 - Nov 19) I) Process necessary data 1 weeks (Sep 24 - Oct 1) II) Write code to plot data and obs 4 weeks (Oct 1 - Oct 29) III) Analyze plots 1 weeks (Oct 29 - Nov 5) IV) Write sections of paper 2 weeks (Nov 5 - Nov 19) Resources: I II III IV ~ phase --- --- --- --- Julie - 24 24 24 24 ~ hours/week Marika - 2 2 4 4 --- --- --- --- 26 26 28 28 ~ total hours/week