Mathematical Model for Dynamics of Pack Ice in the Arctic Ocean and Its Surrounding Seas.

By two-phase flow theory, a new mathematical model of the ice dynamics in the Arctic Ocean is formulated. The theory is developed from both microscopic and macroscopic approaches. The effective two-dimensional fundamental equations of ice circulation in the Arctic Ocean are derived and compared with...

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Main Authors: Pai,S I, Li,Huon
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1977
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Fluid Mechanics
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*PACK ICE
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
WATER FLOW
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
INTERACTIONS
THEORY
FLUID DYNAMICS
SEA WATER
OCEAN MODELS
CIRCULATION
TWO PHASE FLOW
PE62759N
WU323
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA088738
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Summary:By two-phase flow theory, a new mathematical model of the ice dynamics in the Arctic Ocean is formulated. The theory is developed from both microscopic and macroscopic approaches. The effective two-dimensional fundamental equations of ice circulation in the Arctic Ocean are derived and compared with other models used in literature. Our model is the most general one in literature and it gives many new insights of various important terms in the compactness equation and in the equations of motion of ice dynamics. Further development and application of this model to specific cases in the Polar Ocean are recommended. (Author)

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