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Research article
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31 May 2021
Research article |
| 31 May 2021
| 31 May 2021
Analyses of Peace River Shallow Water Ice Profiling Sonar data and their implications for the roles played by frazil ice and in situ anchor ice growth in a freezing river
John R. Marko
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ASL Environmental Sciences Inc., Saanichton, BC, Canada
David R. Topham
ASL Environmental Sciences Inc., Saanichton, BC, Canada
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This paper concerns the physical interpretation of multi-frequency acoustic returns from weakly buoyant suspensions of disk shaped frazil ice crystals. The degree to which ice crystals can be acoustically modeled as spheres is compared with experimental results on polystyrene disks of similar geometry, and with frazil ice field data.
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This paper concerns the physical interpretation of multi-frequency acoustic returns from weakly buoyant suspensions of disk shaped frazil ice crystals. The degree to which ice crystals can be acoustically modeled as spheres is compared with experimental results on polystyrene disks of similar geometry, and with frazil ice field data.
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Short summary
Acoustic backscattering data from Peace River frazil events are interpreted to develop a quantitative model of interactions between ice particles in the water column and riverbed ice layers. Two generic behaviours, evident in observed time variability, are linked to differences in the relative stability of in situ anchor ice layers which develop at the beginning of each frazil interval and are determined by cooling rates. Changes in these layers are shown to control water column frazil content.
Acoustic backscattering data from Peace River frazil events are interpreted to develop a...
