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Sea-surface temperature are initialised using analyses received daily from the Met Office (OSTIA, 5 km resolution). Additionally NEMO, and the LIM2 subprogram within it, forecast changes in the sea-surface temperature (SST) and sea ice evolution.  Output from these programs are used interactively by all IFS atmospheric models.  HRES uses the same initial ice extent as ENS. Note: ECMWF uses LIM2 which is an earlier version of the Louvain-la-Neuve sea ice model currently available (Version 3.6)    

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