Predicting the Motions of Drifting Open Pack Ice

Abstract Methods based on remotely-sensed data are needed to predict motions of drifting open pack ice and to determine sea-ice parameters associated with these motions. The method presented here is able: (a) to predict the motions of groups of wind-driven detached ice floes over periods of 12, 36,...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Feldman, Uri, Howarth, Philip J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
Subjects:
Earth-Surface Processes
Journal of Glaciology
Sea ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000015100
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000015100
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Summary:Abstract Methods based on remotely-sensed data are needed to predict motions of drifting open pack ice and to determine sea-ice parameters associated with these motions. The method presented here is able: (a) to predict the motions of groups of wind-driven detached ice floes over periods of 12, 36, and 60 h; (b) to determine sea-ice thickness and the surface and sub-surface drag coefficients associated with these motions.

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