7. CICE Output

The ice model produces three types of output data.

1. A file containing ASCII text, also known as a log file, is created for each run that contains information about how the run was set up and how it progressed. See the standard output section.

2. A series of netCDF history files containing gridded instantaneous or time-averaged output are also generated during a run. See the history files section.

3. A series of binary restart files necessary to continue the run are created. See the restart files section.

These are described in the following sections.