A first evaluation of wave-ice interactions on the global mass balance

• Main Authors: Vancoppenolle, Martin, Fichefet, Thierry, Ackley, Steve, Shen, Hayley, Massonnet, François, Mathiot, Pierre, Lecomte, Olivier, In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Environment
• Other Authors: UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: CISM:CECI; Arctic; East Antarctica; Greenland; Pancake; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice pack; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/143575

Sea ice frequently forms in wavy waters. Wave motion packs forming ice crystals into small floes, while the ice attenuates the waves as the ice floes increase in diameter and thickness. Swell has been reported up to a few hundred kilometres inside the ice pack. Because of ocean waves, young ice floe...