Sea Spray and Icing in the Emerging Open Water of the Arctic Ocean
With the sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean declining, the more extensive areas of open water will foster more frequent storms, higher winds, and bigger waves. These conditions can create copious amounts of sea spray. We anticipate that structures placed in shallow water-wind turbines, drilling rigs,...
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ftdtic:ADA619963 2023-05-15T14:54:42+02:00 Sea Spray and Icing in the Emerging Open Water of the Arctic Ocean Andreas, Edgar L NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC REDMOND WA 2015-06-12 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA619963 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA619963 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA619963 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *ARCTIC OCEAN *SPRAYS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) CORROSION DROPS ICE FORMATION ISLANDS LOW TEMPERATURE OBSERVATION OFFSHORE STRUCTURES SEA ICE WIND VELOCITY FREEZING SPRAY DROPLETS *SEA SPRAY ICING Text 2015 ftdtic 2016-02-24T18:26:26Z With the sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean declining, the more extensive areas of open water will foster more frequent storms, higher winds, and bigger waves. These conditions can create copious amounts of sea spray. We anticipate that structures placed in shallow water-wind turbines, drilling rigs, or man-made production islands, for instance will, therefore, experience more episodes of freezing spray that will create hazards for both personnel on these structures and for the structures themselves. The extra salt carried by the spray will also accelerate corrosion. Few observations, however, have been made of sea spray generation in high winds, above, say, 15 20 m/s; and no spray observations have been made in freezing temperatures. Our objective is, thus, to observe the size distribution and rate of creation of spray droplets at air temperatures below freezing and in winds above 15 m/s and, preferably, above 20 m/s. Climatologically, Mt. Desert Rock, a small, well exposed island 24 miles into the Atlantic Ocean from Bar Harbor, Maine, provided just such conditions in January. Andreas and collaborator Kathy Jones thus spent most of January 2013 observing sea spray and measuring relevant meteorological and ocean conditions on Mt. Desert Rock. We are continuing our data analysis but did encounter frequent winds near 20 m/s and temperatures below freezing during our deployment. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Ice permafrost Sea ice Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean Andreas ENVELOPE(-60.729,-60.729,-64.008,-64.008) |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *ARCTIC OCEAN *SPRAYS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) CORROSION DROPS ICE FORMATION ISLANDS LOW TEMPERATURE OBSERVATION OFFSHORE STRUCTURES SEA ICE WIND VELOCITY FREEZING SPRAY DROPLETS *SEA SPRAY ICING |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *ARCTIC OCEAN *SPRAYS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) CORROSION DROPS ICE FORMATION ISLANDS LOW TEMPERATURE OBSERVATION OFFSHORE STRUCTURES SEA ICE WIND VELOCITY FREEZING SPRAY DROPLETS *SEA SPRAY ICING Andreas, Edgar L Sea Spray and Icing in the Emerging Open Water of the Arctic Ocean |
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Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *ARCTIC OCEAN *SPRAYS CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION) CORROSION DROPS ICE FORMATION ISLANDS LOW TEMPERATURE OBSERVATION OFFSHORE STRUCTURES SEA ICE WIND VELOCITY FREEZING SPRAY DROPLETS *SEA SPRAY ICING |
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With the sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean declining, the more extensive areas of open water will foster more frequent storms, higher winds, and bigger waves. These conditions can create copious amounts of sea spray. We anticipate that structures placed in shallow water-wind turbines, drilling rigs, or man-made production islands, for instance will, therefore, experience more episodes of freezing spray that will create hazards for both personnel on these structures and for the structures themselves. The extra salt carried by the spray will also accelerate corrosion. Few observations, however, have been made of sea spray generation in high winds, above, say, 15 20 m/s; and no spray observations have been made in freezing temperatures. Our objective is, thus, to observe the size distribution and rate of creation of spray droplets at air temperatures below freezing and in winds above 15 m/s and, preferably, above 20 m/s. Climatologically, Mt. Desert Rock, a small, well exposed island 24 miles into the Atlantic Ocean from Bar Harbor, Maine, provided just such conditions in January. Andreas and collaborator Kathy Jones thus spent most of January 2013 observing sea spray and measuring relevant meteorological and ocean conditions on Mt. Desert Rock. We are continuing our data analysis but did encounter frequent winds near 20 m/s and temperatures below freezing during our deployment. |
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Sea Spray and Icing in the Emerging Open Water of the Arctic Ocean |
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Sea Spray and Icing in the Emerging Open Water of the Arctic Ocean |
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