| AOMIP Model ID | AWI | GSFC | IARC | IOS | LLN | NPS | NYU | RAS | UW |
| Horizontal Ice Categories (number) |
2 | 2 | |||||||
| Vertical Ice Levels (number) |
3 (ice base, ice surface, snow surface) | ||||||||
| Snow Model | Yes | Yes | |||||||
| Ice Albedo (fraction) |
0.60 | (dependent on ice thickness) | |||||||
| Melting-Ice Albedo (fraction) |
0.50 | ||||||||
| Snow Albedo (fraction) |
0.80 | (dependent on snow thickness) | |||||||
| Melting-Snow Albedo (fraction) |
0.70 | ||||||||
| Ice Emissivity (fraction) |
0.97 | ||||||||
| Snow Emissivity (fraction) |
0.99 | ||||||||
| Ice Density (kg/m3) |
910.0 | ||||||||
| Snow Density (kg/m3) |
330.0 | ||||||||
| Ice Thermal Conductivity (W/m/K) |
2.04 | ||||||||
| Snow Thermal Conductivity (W/m/K) |
0.31 | ||||||||
| Ice Melting Temperature (K) |
273.05 | ||||||||
| Snow Melting Temperature (K) |
273.15 | ||||||||
| Freshwater Freezing Temperature (K) |
273.16 | ||||||||
| Seawater Freezing Temperature (K) |
271.20 | ||||||||
| Ice Salinity (psu) |
4 | 0 | 4 |
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