Journal article
Spectral Modeling of Ice-Induced Wave Decay
Qingxiang Liu, W Erick Rogers, Alexander Babanin, Jiangkai Li, Changlong Guan
Journal of Physical Oceanography | American Meteorological Society | Published : 2020
Abstract
Three dissipative (two viscoelastic and one viscous) ice models are implemented in the spectral wave model WAVEWATCH III to estimate the ice-induced wave attenuation rate. These models are then explored and intercompared through hindcasts of two field cases: one in the autumn Beaufort Sea in 2015 and the other in the Antarctic marginal ice zone (MIZ) in 2012. The capability of these dissipative models, along with their limitations and applicability to operational forecasts, are analyzed and discussed. The sensitivity of the simulated wave height to different source terms—the ice-induced wave decay Sice and other physical processes Sother (e.g., wind input, nonlinear four-wave interactions)—i..
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The authors are grateful to Jim Thomson (University of Washington), Martin Doble (Polar Scientific Ltd.), Peter Wadhams (University of Cambridge), Sukun Cheng (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center), Clarence Collins (U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center), and Luke Bennetts (University of Adelaide) for providing their wave data, which are very crucial to this study. We appreciate Vernon Squire and Johannes Mosig (University of Otago) for providing their MATLAB code for the EFS model. Q. Liu acknowledges the support through the U.S. Office of Naval Research Grant N00014-17-1-3021, and AVB through Project 4593 supported by the Australian Antarctic program. C. Guan appreciates the financial support by Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2016YFC140140005). The authors are thankful for all comments and criticism raised by reviewers that have improved our manuscript a lot.