At a time when the polar regions are undergoing rapid and
unprecedented change, understanding exchanges of momentum, heat and
salt at the ice-ocean interface is critical for realistically
predicting the future state of sea ice. By offering a measurement
platform largely unaffected by surface waves, drifting sea ice
provides a unique laboratory for studying aspects of geophysical
boundary layer flows that are extremely difficult to measure
elsewhere. This book draws on both extensive observations and
theoretical principles to develop a concise description of the
impact of stress, rotation, and buoyancy on the turbulence scales
that control exchanges between the atmosphere and underlying ocean
when sea ice is present. Several interesting and unique
observational data sets are used to illustrate different aspects of
ice-ocean interaction ranging from the impact of salt on melting in
the Greenland Sea marginal ice zone, to how nonlinearities in the
equation of state for seawater affect mixing in the Weddell Sea.
The booka (TM)s content, developed from a series of lectures, may
be appropriate additional material for upper-level undergraduates
and first-year graduate students studying the geophysics of sea ice
and planetary boundary layers.
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