Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland
On 29 April 2015, four beacons were deployed onto an ice island in the Strait of Belle Isle to record positional data. The ice island later broke up into many fragments, four of which were tracked by the beacons. The relative influences of wind drag, current drag, Coriolis force, sea surface height...
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ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:26174 2023-05-15T16:57:10+02:00 Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland Zeinali Torbati, R. (Reza) Turnbull, I.D. (Ian D.) Taylor, R.S. (Rocky S.) Mueller, D. (Derek) 2019-01-01 application/pdf https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/26174 https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.96 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/26174 doi:10.1017/jog.2019.96 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Journal of Glaciology Atmospheric and oceanic forces basal ablation ice island deterioration ice island drift sea-ice force surface ablation info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftcarletonunivir https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.96 2022-02-06T21:51:19Z On 29 April 2015, four beacons were deployed onto an ice island in the Strait of Belle Isle to record positional data. The ice island later broke up into many fragments, four of which were tracked by the beacons. The relative influences of wind drag, current drag, Coriolis force, sea surface height gradient and sea-ice force on the drift of the tracked ice island fragments were analyzed. Using atmospheric and oceanic model outputs, the sea-ice force was calculated as the residual of the fragments' net forces and the sum of all other forces. This was compared against the force obtained through ice concentration-dependent relationships when sea ice was present. The sea-ice forces calculated from the residual approach and concentration-dependent relationships were significant only when sea ice was present at medium-high concentrations in the vicinity of the ice island fragments. The forces from ocean currents and sea surface tilt contributed the most to the drift of the i Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Newfoundland Sea ice Strait of Belle Isle Carleton University's Institutional Repository Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) Strait of Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-57.115,-57.115,51.400,51.400) Journal of Glaciology 66 256 203 218 |
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Atmospheric and oceanic forces basal ablation ice island deterioration ice island drift sea-ice force surface ablation Zeinali Torbati, R. (Reza) Turnbull, I.D. (Ian D.) Taylor, R.S. (Rocky S.) Mueller, D. (Derek) Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland |
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On 29 April 2015, four beacons were deployed onto an ice island in the Strait of Belle Isle to record positional data. The ice island later broke up into many fragments, four of which were tracked by the beacons. The relative influences of wind drag, current drag, Coriolis force, sea surface height gradient and sea-ice force on the drift of the tracked ice island fragments were analyzed. Using atmospheric and oceanic model outputs, the sea-ice force was calculated as the residual of the fragments' net forces and the sum of all other forces. This was compared against the force obtained through ice concentration-dependent relationships when sea ice was present. The sea-ice forces calculated from the residual approach and concentration-dependent relationships were significant only when sea ice was present at medium-high concentrations in the vicinity of the ice island fragments. The forces from ocean currents and sea surface tilt contributed the most to the drift of the i |
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Zeinali Torbati, R. (Reza) Turnbull, I.D. (Ian D.) Taylor, R.S. (Rocky S.) Mueller, D. (Derek) |
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Zeinali Torbati, R. (Reza) Turnbull, I.D. (Ian D.) Taylor, R.S. (Rocky S.) Mueller, D. (Derek) |
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Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland |
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Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland |
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Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland |
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Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland |
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Evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore Newfoundland |
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evaluation of the relative contribution of meteorological and oceanic forces to the drift of ice islands offshore newfoundland |
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