Journal article
Interactions between Irregular Wave Fields and Sea Ice: A Physical Model for Wave Attenuation and Ice Breakup in an Ice Tank
G Passerotti, LG Bennetts, FVBU Polach, A Alberello, O Puolakka, A Dolatshah, J Monbaliu, A Toffoli
Journal of Physical Oceanography | Published : 2022
Abstract
Irregular, unidirectional surface water waves incident on model ice in an ice tank are used as a physical model of ocean surface wave interactions with sea ice. Results are given for an experiment consisting of three tests, starting with a continuous ice cover and in which the incident wave steepness increases between tests. The incident waves range from causing no breakup of the ice cover to breakup of the full length of ice cover. Temporal evolution of the ice edge, breaking front, and mean floe sizes are reported. Floe size distributions in the different tests are analyzed. The evolution of the wave spectrum with distance into the ice-covered water is analyzed in terms of changes of energ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The HYDRALAB(syn) program supported the experiments (Contract 654110). AT and GP are supported by the ACE Foundation and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. LGB is supported by the Australian Research Council Grant FT190100404. LGB and AT are supported by the Australian Research Council Grant DP200102828. AA, LGB, and AT are supported by the Australian Antarctic Science Program Project 4434. AT, AD, FvBuP, and GP are supported by the Australia-Germany Joint Research Cooperation Scheme Project 5744547. AA is supported by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (PE19055). GP, AA, AD, and AT acknowledge technical support from the Air-Sea-Ice Lab Project.