Floe-size distributions in laboratory ice broken by waves

Herman, Agnieszka; Evers, Karl-Ulrich; Reimer, Nils

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-685-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-685-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-685-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

Research article

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26 Feb 2018

Research article |

| 26 Feb 2018

Floe-size distributions in laboratory ice broken by waves

Agnieszka Herman, Karl-Ulrich Evers, and Nils Reimer

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RC1: 'Review of "Floe-size distributions in laboratory ice broken by waves"', Christopher Horvat, 20 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Floe-size distribution in laboratory ice broken by waves”', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Nov 2017
AC1: 'Reply to reviews', Agnieszka Herman, 10 Jan 2018

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Short summary

In regions close to the ice edge, sea ice is composed of many separate ice floes of different sizes and shapes. Strong fragmentation is caused mainly by ice breaking by waves coming from the open ocean. At present, this process, although recognized as important for many other physical processes, is not well understood. In this study we present results of a laboratory study of ice breaking by waves, and we provide interpretation of those results that may guide analysis of other similar datasets.