Improvements to the Ocean Analysis and Ice Model Parameterizations in the Canadian Regional Ice Ocean Prediction Prediction System (RIOPS)

Gregory C Smith1, Frederic Dupont2, Jean-Francois Lemieux3, Francois Roy4, Yimin Liu5, Ji Lei5, Kamel Chikhar6, Barbara Casati7, Youyu Lu8, Fraser J M Davidson9, Gilles Garric10, Charles-Emmanuel Testut11 and CONCEPTS Team, (1)Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (2)Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (3)Environment Canada Dorval, Meteorological Research Division, Dorval, QC, Canada, (4)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Meteorological Research Division, Dorval, QC, Canada, (5)Environment and Climate Change Canada, QC, Canada, (6)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (7)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada, (8)Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, (9)Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John's, NF, Canada, (10)Mercator Océan, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, (11)Mercator Océan, France