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Wave dispersion and dissipation in landfast ice: comparison of observations against models
Joey J. Voermans
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Qingxiang Liu
Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Aleksey Marchenko
Arctic Technology Department, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
Jean Rabault
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Kirill Filchuk
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Ivan Ryzhov
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Petra Heil
Australian Antarctic Division and Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Takuji Waseda
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Takehiko Nose
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Tsubasa Kodaira
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Jingkai Li
Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Alexander V. Babanin
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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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.
We have shown through field experiments that the amount of wave energy dissipated in landfast...
