Coupling of the ocean model NEMO to the regional climate model MAR over Greenland

The Arctic is currently undergoing rapid changes with major effect on the global climate system.
Since the Arctic is a ruff environment which is hard to sample with observations, modelling is often
chosen to understand the different processes and interactions at play. Most regional modelling
efforts however focus on only one component of the arctic climate system at a time (ocean,
atmosphere, ice sheet) and therefore, neglect that many climate components are linked to each
other.
To fully grasp all the interactions involved in the Arctic climate system we will present first results
of a coupling of an atmosphere-ocean regional climate model with an integrated sea ice model
which is set up around Greenland in the framework of the Belgian PARAMOUR project. The
models used are the regional climate model MAR (at a resolution of 15km), which is especially
designed to model the Polar regions, and the ocean model NEMO with the integrated ice model
LIM at a resolution of 1/16°. By coupling these high resolved models we aim to get a better insight
into the small scale interactions between atmosphere, ocean as well as the Greenland Ice Sheet
Surface Mass Balance, and with this insight contribute to a better understanding of the arctic
climate system.