Field experiments on wave-ice interaction in the Bering Sea and Greenland waters, 1979

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Wadhams, Peter, Squire, Vernon A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1980
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Bering Sea; Greenland; Mesters Vig; East Greenland; Polar Record; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400003144; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400003144

Three field experiments in widely separated parts of the Arctic were carried out during 1979 to complete a study of the interaction between ocean waves and sea ice in the marginal ice zone. The aim of the project is to determine the distribution of floe sizes that is generated by a given incident wa...