Laboratory experiments on ice melting: a need for understanding dynamics at the ice-water interface

AL McCutchan, BA Johnson - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ice-ocean interface is a dynamic zone characterized by the transfer of heat, salinity, and
energy. Complex thermodynamics and fluid dynamics drive fascinating physics as ice is …

Modelling attenuation of irregular wave fields by artificial ice floes in the laboratory

A Toffoli, JPA Pitt, A Alberello… - … Transactions of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A summary is given on the utility of laboratory experiments for gaining understanding of
wave attenuation in the marginal ice zone, as a complement to field observations, theory …

[HTML][HTML] Interactions between irregular wave fields and sea ice: A physical model for wave attenuation and ice breakup in an ice tank

G Passerotti, LG Bennetts… - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Irregular, unidirectional surface water waves incident on model ice in an ice tank are used
as a physical model of ocean surface wave interactions with sea ice. Results are given for …

Model predictions of wave overwash extent into the marginal ice zone

JPA Pitt, LG Bennetts, MH Meylan… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In the marginal ice zone (MIZ), where ocean waves and sea ice interact, waves can produce
flows of water across ice floe surfaces in a process known as wave overwash. Overwash …

A dissipative nonlinear Schrödinger model for wave propagation in the marginal ice zone

A Alberello, EI Părău - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Sea ice attenuates waves propagating from the open ocean. Here, we model the evolution
of energetic unidirectional random waves in the marginal ice zone with a nonlinear …

A computational fluid dynamics model for the small-scale dynamics of wave, ice floe and interstitial grease ice interaction

R Marquart, A Bogaers, S Skatulla, A Alberello… - Fluids, 2021 - mdpi.com
The marginal ice zone is a highly dynamical region where sea ice and ocean waves interact.
Large-scale sea ice models only compute domain-averaged responses. As the majority of …

Experimental study of wave transmission and drift velocity using freely floating synthetic ice floes

SB Park, SY Shin, H Park, KH Jung, SB Suh, J Lee… - Ocean …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wave–ice interactions were investigated experimentally to understand the waves
transmitted by the freely floating model ice floes and mean drift velocity of them in a three …

Wave attenuation by three-dimensional circular floating sea ice: Regular and irregular waves

X Wang, C Zhang, L Ye, C Wang, F Yu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The evolution of ice conditions and wave patterns in polar water areas is complex, and
studying the hydrodynamic response between sea ice and waves is crucial. In this study, the …

Long-term and seasonal variability of wind and wave extremes in the Arctic Ocean

IS Cabral, IR Young, A Toffoli - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Over recent decades, the Arctic Ocean has experienced dramatic variations due to climate
change. By retreating at a rate of 13% per decade, sea ice has opened up significant areas …

A satellite altimetry data assimilation approach to optimise sea state estimates from vessel motion

F Nelli, MH Derkani, A Alberello, A Toffoli - Applied Ocean Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Estimates of directional wave spectra and related parameters can be obtained from ship
motion data through the wave-buoy analogy approach. The fundamental input is the …