An isotopic method to estimate conductive heat flux through Antarctic first-year sea ice
The deuterium concentration profile in a first-year Antarctic sea-ice cover is used to deduce a growth-rate curve. Time variations of the conductive heat flux throughout the growth period are then estimated from this growth-rate curve. Results indicate that the isotopic determination of sea ice grow...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/29492 |
Summary: | The deuterium concentration profile in a first-year Antarctic sea-ice cover is used to deduce a growth-rate curve. Time variations of the conductive heat flux throughout the growth period are then estimated from this growth-rate curve. Results indicate that the isotopic determination of sea ice growth rate can be considered as an alternate method for determining the conductive heat flux through a young sea-ice cover. However, there is need for a further test of the method by measuring in situ temperatures and growth rates during the formation of first-year sea ice. -from Authors SCOPUS: NotDefined.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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