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 Roy2, Yimin Liu4, Ji Lei4, Kamel Chikhar4, Barbara Casati5, Youyu Lu6, Fraser J M Davidson7, Gilles Garric8, Charles-Emmanuel Testut9 and CONCEPTS Team, (1)Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (2)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada, (3)Environment Canada Dorval, Meteorological Research Division, Dorval, QC, Canada, (4)Environment and Climate Change Canada, QC, Canada, (5)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada, (6)Bedford Inst of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, (7)Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John's, NF, Canada, (8)Mercator Océan, Ramonville Saint Agne, France, (9)Mercator Océan, France