Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up
Waves can drastically transform a sea ice cover by inducing break-up over vast distances in the course of a few hours. However, relatively few detailed studies have described this phenomenon in a quantitative manner, and the process of sea ice break-up by waves needs to be further parameterized and...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/81440 2023-05-15T18:16:11+02:00 Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up Voermans, Joey Rabault, Jean Filchuk, Kirill V. Ryzhov, Ivan Heil, Petra Marchenko, Aleksey Collins, Clarence O. dabboor, mohammed Sutherland, Graig J. Babanin, Alexander V. 2020-11-26T21:13:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81440 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-84522 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4265-2020 EN eng Copernicus Publications under license by EGU – European Geosciences Union GmbH NFR/280625 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-84522 Voermans, Joey Rabault, Jean Filchuk, Kirill V. Ryzhov, Ivan Heil, Petra Marchenko, Aleksey Collins, Clarence O. dabboor, mohammed Sutherland, Graig J. Babanin, Alexander V. . Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up. The Cryosphere. 2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81440 1853160 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=The Cryosphere&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2020 The Cryosphere 14 4265 4278 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4265-2020 URN:NBN:no-84522 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/81440/5/tc-14-4265-2020.pdf Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 1994-0416 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2020 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4265-2020 2020-12-09T23:30:47Z Waves can drastically transform a sea ice cover by inducing break-up over vast distances in the course of a few hours. However, relatively few detailed studies have described this phenomenon in a quantitative manner, and the process of sea ice break-up by waves needs to be further parameterized and verified before it can be reliably included in forecasting models. In the present work, we discuss sea ice break-up parameterization and demonstrate the existence of an observational threshold separating breaking and non-breaking cases. This threshold is based on information from two recent field campaigns, supplemented with existing observations of sea ice break-up. The data used cover a wide range of scales, from laboratory-grown sea ice to polar field observations. Remarkably, we show that both field and laboratory observations tend to converge to a single quantitative threshold at which the wave-induced sea ice break-up takes place, which opens a promising avenue for robust parametrization in operational forecasting models. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice The Cryosphere Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) The Cryosphere 14 11 4265 4278 |
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Waves can drastically transform a sea ice cover by inducing break-up over vast distances in the course of a few hours. However, relatively few detailed studies have described this phenomenon in a quantitative manner, and the process of sea ice break-up by waves needs to be further parameterized and verified before it can be reliably included in forecasting models. In the present work, we discuss sea ice break-up parameterization and demonstrate the existence of an observational threshold separating breaking and non-breaking cases. This threshold is based on information from two recent field campaigns, supplemented with existing observations of sea ice break-up. The data used cover a wide range of scales, from laboratory-grown sea ice to polar field observations. Remarkably, we show that both field and laboratory observations tend to converge to a single quantitative threshold at which the wave-induced sea ice break-up takes place, which opens a promising avenue for robust parametrization in operational forecasting models. |
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Voermans, Joey Rabault, Jean Filchuk, Kirill V. Ryzhov, Ivan Heil, Petra Marchenko, Aleksey Collins, Clarence O. dabboor, mohammed Sutherland, Graig J. Babanin, Alexander V. |
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Voermans, Joey Rabault, Jean Filchuk, Kirill V. Ryzhov, Ivan Heil, Petra Marchenko, Aleksey Collins, Clarence O. dabboor, mohammed Sutherland, Graig J. Babanin, Alexander V. Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up |
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Voermans, Joey Rabault, Jean Filchuk, Kirill V. Ryzhov, Ivan Heil, Petra Marchenko, Aleksey Collins, Clarence O. dabboor, mohammed Sutherland, Graig J. Babanin, Alexander V. |
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Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up |
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Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up |
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Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up |
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Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up |
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Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up |
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experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up |
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NFR/280625 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-84522 Voermans, Joey Rabault, Jean Filchuk, Kirill V. Ryzhov, Ivan Heil, Petra Marchenko, Aleksey Collins, Clarence O. dabboor, mohammed Sutherland, Graig J. Babanin, Alexander V. . Experimental evidence for a universal threshold characterizingwave-induced sea ice break-up. The Cryosphere. 2020 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/81440 1853160 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=The Cryosphere&rft.volume=&rft.spage=&rft.date=2020 The Cryosphere 14 4265 4278 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4265-2020 URN:NBN:no-84522 Fulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/81440/5/tc-14-4265-2020.pdf |
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