A REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL MODELS OF SEA-ICE GROWTH

The modelling of sea-ice growth is a classical problem in geophysics, which has been traditionally treated as one-dimensional, considering o nly the vertical heat transfer. The modelling work commenced in the 18 00s with analytic methods. These are very effective tools for examinin g the sea-ice growth problem, providing a clear insight into the physi cal mechanisms and producing simple first-order approximations for the ice thickness in various conditions. This paper describes the physica l problem of sea-ice growth, presents an analytical modelling framewor k for the problem and provides analytic solutions for different enviro nmental conditions.