Wave energy attenuation in fields of colliding ice floes –  Part 2: A laboratory case study

Herman, Agnieszka; Cheng, Sukun; Shen, Hayley H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2901-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2901-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2901-2019

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Research article

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08 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 08 Nov 2019

Wave energy attenuation in fields of colliding ice floes – Part 2: A laboratory case study

Agnieszka Herman, Sukun Cheng, and Hayley H. Shen

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RC1: 'Part B of two papers', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to the comments of Reviewer #1', Agnieszka Herman, 12 Sep 2019
RC2: 'General and specific comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Aug 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to the comments of Reviewer #2', Agnieszka Herman, 12 Sep 2019

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (17 Sep 2019) by Lars Kaleschke

AR by Agnieszka Herman on behalf of the Authors (27 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (31 Oct 2019) by Lars Kaleschke

AR by Agnieszka Herman on behalf of the Authors (01 Nov 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Sea ice interactions with waves are extensively studied in recent years, but mechanisms leading to wave energy attenuation in sea ice remain poorly understood. One of the reasons limiting progress in modelling is a lack of observational data for model validation. The paper presents an analysis of laboratory observations of waves propagating in colliding ice floes. We show that wave attenuation is sensitive to floe size and wave period. A numerical model is calibrated to reproduce this behaviour.