Sea Ice Solidification: The Physical Origin of Macroscopic Properties

• Main Authors: Wettlaufer, J S, Winebrenner, D P
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Physical Chemistry; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA ICE; *SOLIDIFICATION; BINARY ALLOYS; COUPLING(INTERACTION); ELECTROMAGNETISM; MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; VOLUMETRIC PHASE FRACTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNATURE MODELING; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA627589; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA627589

The long term goals of this project are to construct a quantitative understanding of the physical mechanisms responsible for the creation and evolution of the volumetric phase fraction of sea ice. In parallel with the development of solidification research, we aim to advance the coupling and interaction with electromagnetic signature modeling. It should be stressed that the approach is entirely general so that the results are broadly applicable and useful in understanding the phase evolution of any binary alloy undergoing unidirectional solidification. Therefore, although we emphasize the saltwater system, the implications for the mechanical and thermophysical properties span fields from metallurgy to geophysics.