Structure of a Multi-Year Pressure Ridge

ABSTRACT. Three transverse profiles across a large pressure ridge located in the Beaufort Sea are presented. The ridge sail extended 4 m. above sea level and the ridge keel 13 m. below. The cross-sections of the ridge keel can be described as roughly semi-circular. This suggests that form drag coeff...

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Main Authors: A. Kovacs, W. F. Weeks, S. Ackley, W. D. Hibler Iii
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.548.394
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic26-1-22.pdf