Laboratory study of the properties of frazil ice particles and flocs in water of different salinities

Schneck, Christopher C.; Ghobrial, Tadros R.; Loewen, Mark R.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2751-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2751-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2751-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Research article

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18 Oct 2019

Research article |

| 18 Oct 2019

Laboratory study of the properties of frazil ice particles and flocs in water of different salinities

Christopher C. Schneck, Tadros R. Ghobrial, and Mark R. Loewen

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Oct 2019)
Preprint (discussion started on 29 May 2019)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Tadros Ghobrial, 10 Jul 2019
RC2: 'review #2', Anonymous Referee #2, 07 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to RC2', Tadros Ghobrial, 10 Jul 2019
RC3: 'Reviewer 3 Comments', Anonymous Referee #3, 24 Jul 2019
- AC3: 'Response to RC3', Tadros Ghobrial, 27 Jul 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (01 Aug 2019) by John Yackel

AR by Tadros Ghobrial on behalf of the Authors (14 Aug 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Sep 2019) by John Yackel

AR by Tadros Ghobrial on behalf of the Authors (09 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Properties of suspended frazil ice and flocs in water of different salinities were measured in the lab using high-resolution images. It was found that freshwater frazil particles and flocs were larger than in saline water by ~13 % and 75 %, respectively. Both the growth rate of particles and the porosity of flocs decreased with salinity and ranged between 0.174 and 0.024 mm min⁻¹ and 86 % and 75 % for freshwater and 35 ‰ saline water, respectively.