A REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL MODELS OF SEA-ICE GROWTH

Authors
Citation
M. Lepparanta, A REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL MODELS OF SEA-ICE GROWTH, Atmosphere-ocean, 31(1), 1993, pp. 123-138
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
07055900
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
123 - 138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0705-5900(1993)31:1<123:AROAMO>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
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.