Field determination of the densities of lake ice sheets
A method of calculating the mean density for a lake ice sheet and estimating the mean density of the white ice component of such a sheet makes use of the buoyancy equation for floating ice in the form urn:x-wiley:00243590:media:lno19762140602:lno19762140602-math-0001 where p ′ and h ′ are mean densi...
| Published in: | Limnology and Oceanography |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1976
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.1976.21.4.0602 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.4319%2Flo.1976.21.4.0602 https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1976.21.4.0602 |
| Summary: | A method of calculating the mean density for a lake ice sheet and estimating the mean density of the white ice component of such a sheet makes use of the buoyancy equation for floating ice in the form urn:x-wiley:00243590:media:lno19762140602:lno19762140602-math-0001 where p ′ and h ′ are mean density and thickness respectively and the subscripts are ice ( i ), water ( w ), and ( s ). The technique requires the measurement of snow density on the lake. Mean ice sheet densities of 0.89 and 0.85 g cm ‒3 and mean white ice densities of 0.84–0.87 are reported from two lakes. |
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