Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1545-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-1545-2023
Research article
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11 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 11 Apr 2023

A quasi-objective single-buoy approach for understanding Lagrangian coherent structures and sea ice dynamics

Nikolas O. Aksamit, Randall K. Scharien, Jennifer K. Hutchings, and Jennifer V. Lukovich

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Coherent flow patterns in sea ice have a significant influence on sea ice fracture and refreezing. We can better understand the state of sea ice, and its influence on the atmosphere and ocean, if we understand these structures. By adapting recent developments in chaotic dynamical systems, we are able to approximate ice stretching surrounding individual ice buoys. This illuminates the state of sea ice at much higher resolution and allows us to see previously invisible ice deformation patterns.
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