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Uncertainty analysis of single- and multiple-size-class frazil ice models
Fabien Souillé
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National Laboratory for Hydraulics and Environment (LNHE), EDF R & D, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France
Cédric Goeury
National Laboratory for Hydraulics and Environment (LNHE), EDF R & D, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France
Rem-Sophia Mouradi
Fluid Dynamics, Energy and Environment Department (MFEE), EDF R & D, 6 Quai Watier, 78400 Chatou, France
CEREA (Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Environnement Atmosphérique), Joint Laboratory between École des Ponts ParisTech and EDF R & D, Université Paris-Est, 77455 Marne-la-Vallée, France
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Alberto Alvarez
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Guillaume Boutin, Timothy Williams, Pierre Rampal, Einar Olason, and Camille Lique
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Joey J. Voermans, Jean Rabault, Kirill Filchuk, Ivan Ryzhov, Petra Heil, Aleksey Marchenko, Clarence O. Collins III, Mohammed Dabboor, Graig Sutherland, and Alexander V. Babanin
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Guillaume Boutin, Camille Lique, Fabrice Ardhuin, Clément Rousset, Claude Talandier, Mickael Accensi, and Fanny Girard-Ardhuin
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Short summary
Models that can predict temperature and ice crystal formation (frazil) in water are important for river and coastal engineering. Indeed, frazil has direct impact on submerged structures and often precedes the formation of ice cover. In this paper, an uncertainty analysis of two mathematical models that simulate supercooling and frazil is carried out within a probabilistic framework. The presented methodology offers new insight into the models and their parameterization.
Models that can predict temperature and ice crystal formation (frazil) in water are important...
