Rmsm. Schulkes, A NOTE ON THE EVOLUTION-EQUATIONS FOR THE AREA FRACTION AND THE THICKNESS OF A FLOATING ICE COVER, J GEO RES-O, 100(C3), 1995, pp. 5021-5024
In this paper, two sets of evolution equations for the area fraction a
nd the ice thickness are investigated. First, of all, a simplified alt
ernative derivation of the evolution equations as presented by Gray an
d Morland (1994) is given. In addition, it is shown that with proper i
dentification of ridging functions, there is a close connection betwee
n the derived equations and the thickness distribution model introduce
d by Thorndike et al. (1975).