Evaluation of climate model skill in representing upper Arctic Ocean hydrography for its potential effect on sea ice.

Dominic DiMaggio1, Prof. Wieslaw Maslowski, Ph.D.1, Robert Osinski2, Andrew Roberts3 and Jaclyn L Clement Kinney4, (1)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland, (3)Lost Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (4)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, United States