Spectral attenuation of ocean waves in pack ice and its application in calibrating viscoelastic wave-in-ice models

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: S. Cheng, J. Stopa, F. Ardhuin, H. H. Shen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pancake; Antarc*; Beaufort Sea; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2053-2020; https://doaj.org/article/b81a12a33a764b14b865bd770557d812

We investigate a case of ocean waves through a pack ice cover captured by Sentinel-1A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on 12 October 2015 in the Beaufort Sea. The study domain is 400 km by 300 km, adjacent to a marginal ice zone (MIZ). The wave spectra in this domain were reported in a previous study...