Wave-Ice Interaction in the Marginal Ice Zone: Toward a Wave-Ocean-Ice Coupled Modeling System

• Main Authors: Rogers, W E, Posey, Pamela G
• Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS DETACHMENT STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Fluid Mechanics; *GRAVITY WAVES; *ICE; *MARGINAL ICE ZONES; *WIND; ATTENUATION; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION; MODELS; SCATTERING; MIZ(MARGINAL ICE ZONES); WW3(WAVEWATCH III); WAVENUMBERS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601214; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA601214

Our main objective is to improve an operational model for wind-generated surface gravity waves (WAVEWATCH III) such that it can accurately predict the attenuation and scattering of waves by interaction with ice in the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ). The wave model physics developed here will later be part of an operational coupled model system, allowing feedback to ice, ocean, and atmospheric models. The specific objective of this proposal is to fully exploit the theoretical, observational, and ice/ocean/atmosphere numerical modeling work performed by various groups within the MIZ DRI and the Sea State Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics of the Emerging Arctic Ocean DRI to improve wave predictions.