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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2711-2017
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Research article
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24 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 24 Nov 2017
Wave-induced stress and breaking of sea ice in a coupled hydrodynamic discrete-element wave–ice model
Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- A viscous continuum theory of sea ice motion based on stochastic floe dynamics S. Toppaladoddi
- SWIIFT v0.10: a numerical model of wave-induced sea ice breakup with an energy criterion N. Mokus et al.
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- Level Set Discrete Element Method for modeling sea ice floes R. Moncada et al.
- Impact of sea ice floe size distribution on seasonal fragmentation and melt of Arctic sea ice A. Bateson et al.
- A viscous continuum theory of sea ice motion based on stochastic floe dynamics S. Toppaladoddi
- SWIIFT v0.10: a numerical model of wave-induced sea ice breakup with an energy criterion N. Mokus et al.
- Modeling ice block failure within drift ice and ice rubble M. Prasanna et al.
- A two-way coupling method for simulating wave-induced breakup of ice floes based on SPH N. Zhang et al.
- Simulation and experimental study on kneading and crushing of waste concrete for recycled aggregate production J. Liu et al.
- Simulating the mechanics of sea ice using the discrete element method S. Bateman et al.
- OpenMetBuoy-v2021: An Easy-to-Build, Affordable, Customizable, Open-Source Instrument for Oceanographic Measurements of Drift and Waves in Sea Ice and the Open Ocean J. Rabault et al.
- Numerical simulation on the breakup of an ice sheet induced by regular incident waves K. He et al.
- Wave-triggered breakup in the marginal ice zone generates lognormal floe size distributions: a simulation study N. Mokus & F. Montiel
- Scattering kernel of an array of floating ice floes: application to water wave transport in the marginal ice zone F. Montiel et al.
- Floe-size distributions in laboratory ice broken by waves A. Herman et al.
- Ice load on a narrow conical structure simulation with a bonded circular elements model S. Sun et al.
- Sizes and Shapes of Sea Ice Floes Broken by Waves–A Case Study From the East Antarctic Coast A. Herman et al.
- Aerial observations of sea ice breakup by ship waves E. Dumas-Lefebvre & D. Dumont
- Theoretical framework for the emergent floe size distribution in the marginal ice zone: the case for log-normality F. Montiel & N. Mokus
- Buoy measurements of strong waves in ice amplitude modulation: a signature of the impact of sea ice closedness on waves in ice attenuation J. Rabault et al.
- The Effects of Ice Floe‐Floe Interactions on Pressure Ridging in Sea Ice A. Damsgaard et al.
- Study on water entry impact characteristics and parameter influence analysis of the vehicle passing through the thin crushed ice zone in a polar environment X. Hu et al.
- Geometric remapping of particle distributions in the Discrete Element Model for Sea Ice (DEMSI v0.0) A. Turner et al.
- A Coupled System for Investigating the Physics of Wave–Ice Interactions M. Orzech et al.
- Summer sea ice floe perimeter density in the Arctic: high-resolution optical satellite imagery and model evaluation Y. Wang et al.
- A New Method for Modeling Effects of Surface Ice on Waves M. Orzech
- Wave-induced boundary layers underneath a flexible structure E. Uksul et al.
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Short summary
It is often assumed that ocean waves break sea ice into floes with sizes depending on wavelength. The results of this modeling study (in agreement with some earlier observations and models) suggest that this is not the case; instead the sizes of ice floes produced by wave breaking depend only on ice thickness and mechanical properties. This may have important consequences for predicting sea ice response to oceanic and atmospheric forcing in regions where sea ice is influenced by waves.
It is often assumed that ocean waves break sea ice into floes with sizes depending on...
