Wave dispersion and dissipation in landfast ice:  comparison of observations against models

Voermans, Joey J.; Liu, Qingxiang; Marchenko, Aleksey; Rabault, Jean; Filchuk, Kirill; Ryzhov, Ivan; Heil, Petra; Waseda, Takuji; Nose, Takehiko; Kodaira, Tsubasa; Li, Jingkai; Babanin, Alexander V.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5557-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5557-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5557-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 12

Research article

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10 Dec 2021

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2021

Wave dispersion and dissipation in landfast ice: comparison of observations against models

Joey J. Voermans, Qingxiang Liu, Aleksey Marchenko, Jean Rabault, Kirill Filchuk, Ivan Ryzhov, Petra Heil, Takuji Waseda, Takehiko Nose, Tsubasa Kodaira, Jingkai Li, and Alexander V. Babanin

Data sets

Data for "Wave dispersion and dissipation in landfast ice: comparison of observations against models" J. Voermans https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5568527

Wave-Ice interactions and ice break-up observations in the Southern Ocean, 2020 J. Voermans https://doi.org/10.4225/15/590173acc61c9

Wave-ice interactions collected on landfast ice near Casey Station, 2020 J. Voermans https://doi.org/10.26179/2drt-2j12

Short summary

We have shown through field experiments that the amount of wave energy dissipated in landfast ice, sea ice attached to land, is much larger than in broken ice. By comparing our measurements against predictions of contemporary wave–ice interaction models, we determined which models can explain our observations and which cannot. Our results will improve our understanding of how waves and ice interact and how we can model such interactions to better forecast waves and ice in the polar regions.