Measuring the sea ice floe size distribution
The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean is broken into distinct pieces,called floes. In the summer, these floes, which have diameters ranging up to 100 km, are separated from each other by a region of open water. In the winter, floes still exist, but they are less easily identified. An understanding o...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19840059709 2023-05-15T15:02:58+02:00 Measuring the sea ice floe size distribution Rothrock, D. A. Thorndike, A. S. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Jul 20, 1984 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19840059709 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19840059709 Accession ID: 84A42496 Copyright Other Sources 48 Journal of Geophysical Research; 89; 6477-648 1984 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T15:55:27Z The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean is broken into distinct pieces,called floes. In the summer, these floes, which have diameters ranging up to 100 km, are separated from each other by a region of open water. In the winter, floes still exist, but they are less easily identified. An understanding of the geometry of the ice pack is of interest for a number of practical applications associated with transportation in ice-covered seas and with the design of offshore structures intended to survive in the presence of ice. The present investigation has the objective to clarify ideas about floe sizes and to propose techniques for measuring them. Measurements are presented with the primary aim to illustrate points of technique or approach. A preliminary discussion of the floe size distribution of sea ice is devoted to questions of definition and of measurement. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Arctic Ocean ice pack Sea ice NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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The sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean is broken into distinct pieces,called floes. In the summer, these floes, which have diameters ranging up to 100 km, are separated from each other by a region of open water. In the winter, floes still exist, but they are less easily identified. An understanding of the geometry of the ice pack is of interest for a number of practical applications associated with transportation in ice-covered seas and with the design of offshore structures intended to survive in the presence of ice. The present investigation has the objective to clarify ideas about floe sizes and to propose techniques for measuring them. Measurements are presented with the primary aim to illustrate points of technique or approach. A preliminary discussion of the floe size distribution of sea ice is devoted to questions of definition and of measurement. |
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