THEORY OF ICE FIELD DRIFT IN A HORIZONTALLY NONUNIFORM WIND FIELD

This article contains a study of the nonstationary problem of ice drift considering the interaction of ice floes. The Laplace transformation is applied to the initial equation. For representing the complex velocity, an inhomogeneous second-order differential equation is obtained the solution of which was obtained by M.I. Ruzin (see Works of the Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute, 1959, No. 226, pp123-135). By inversion and separating the real and imaginary parts of this solution, the author obtains the drift velocity components of the ice. Considering that the drift velocity is basically determined by the wind effect, the author then calculates the additional velocities caused by interaction of the ice fields. The formulas obtained agree well with the results of natural measurements performed at station SP-4.

• Corporate Authors:

  Gidrometoizdat Press

  Leningrad,   USSR 
• Authors:
  • Yegorov, K L
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 71-78
• Serial:
  • Porblemy Arktiki I Antarktiki
  • Publisher: Gidrometoizdat Press

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drift ice; Ice; Ice floes
• Old TRIS Terms: Wind driven ice
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00024794
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Joint Publications Research Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 21 1973 12:00AM