Storm-induced sea-ice breakup and the implications for ice extent

A. L. Kohout (), M. J. M. Williams, S. M. Dean and M. H. Meylan
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A. L. Kohout: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
M. J. M. Williams: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
S. M. Dean: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington 6021, New Zealand
M. H. Meylan: The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales 2308, Australia

Nature, 2014, vol. 509, issue 7502, 604-607

Abstract: Concurrent observations at multiple locations indicate that storm-generated ocean waves propagating through Antarctic sea ice can transport enough energy to break first-year sea ice hundreds of kilometres from the ice edge, which is much farther than would be predicted by the commonly assumed exponential wave decay.

Date: 2014
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