SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND GROWTH OF SEA ICE.

• Main Author: Bilello,Michael A.
• Other Authors: SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1961
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SEA ICE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES); SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SALINITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; DENSITY; HEAT OF FUSION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; Canada; Eureka; Rho; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0653136; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0653136

Sea-ice surface temperatures observed at Eureka, N.W.T., Canada, during 1949-50 and 1950-51 were used to compute the numerical value of the expression k/L rho, where k = thermal conductivity, L = latent heat of fusion and rho = density. The numerical value for these combined physical properties of sea ice was found to increase from approximately 0.000047 to 0.00007 during ice growth (between 6 November and 22 December) from 0.6 to 1 m thickness. During the increase from 1.1 to 1.3 m (between 20 January and 10 February) the value of k/L rho ranged from 0.00007 to 0.00008 and then decreased slightly during the rest of the growth period. These variations in the value of k/L rho throughout the winter season were considered as changes in the effective conductivity caused by physical changes and distribution of brine in the sea ice. Since no observations on sea-ice salinity were made at Eureka, it was not possible to investigate the effect of the physical properties separately. A study on the relation between sea-ice accretion and temperature gradient disclosed a correlation coefficient of r = 0.73. (Author)