Thermal Fracturing, Underwater Ambient Noise Measurements and Modeling

• Main Authors: Stein, Peter J, Rajan, Subramaniam D, Lewis, James K
• Other Authors: SCIENTIFIC SOLUTIONS INC HOLLIS NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1997
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Acoustics; *AMBIENT NOISE; *ICE MECHANICS; *SEA ICE; *UNDERWATER SOUND; FRACTURE(MECHANICS); MEASUREMENT; MODELS; OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL FRACTURING; UNDERWATER AMBIENT NOISE; ICE PROPERTIES; ICE GEOMETRY; Long Beach; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA629357; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA629357

The long term goal is to understand the relationship between the environmental conditions, ice properties, ice geometry, and the thermal fracturing of ice and the resulting underwater ambient noise. By doing this we hope to determine the effect of thermal fracturing on the strength of sea ice and its possible influence on climate change. Prepared in collaboration with Ocean Physics Research & Development, Long Beach, MS.