Robust wavebuoys for the marginal ice zone: Experiences from a large persistent array in the Beaufort Sea

• Published in: Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene
• Main Authors: Martin J. Doble, Jeremy P. Wilkinson, Lovro Valcic, Jeremy Robst, Andrew Tait, Mark Preston, Jean-Raymond Bidlot, Byongjun Hwang, Ted Maksym, Peter Wadhams
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioOne 2017
• Subjects: sea-ice; waves; Arctic; geo; envir; Sachs Harbour; Banks Island; Beaufort Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.233; https://doaj.org/article/8f0ad80b007141299c2e69952a22534b

An array of novel directional wavebuoys was designed and deployed into the Beaufort Sea ice cover in March 2014, as part of the Office of Naval Research 'Marginal Ice Zone' experiment. The buoys were designed to drift with the ice throughout the year and monitor the expected breakup and re...