WHEN ICE MELTS IN SEA-WATER - A REVIEW

The development of the knowledge and understanding of the thermodynami cs of melting ice in sea water is reviewed with special attention to r ecent contributions to the literature on the subject. The contribution s are dealt with in a chronological order, which also happens to coinc ide largely with the development of relevant models from the simplest molecular conductive/diffusive to multilayer turbulent models applicab le to the melting of drifting ice in the planetary boundary layer.