An oblate spheroidal model for multi-frequency acoustic back-scattering of frazil ice
| Autor: | Akos F. Kungl, Eamon K Frazer, Patricia J. Langhorne, Greg H Leonard, Daniel Schumayer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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geography geography.geographical_feature_category Number density 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Scattering 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology Geophysics Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology 01 natural sciences Physics::Geophysics Oblate spheroid Sea ice General Earth and Planetary Sciences Polar Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics Geology 021101 geological & geomatics engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Frazil ice |
| Zdroj: | Cold Regions Science and Technology. 177:103122 |
| ISSN: | 0165-232X |
| Popis: | Frazil ice plays an important role in the growth of sea ice in the polar oceans. However, measurement of the size distribution of frazil crystals, and their number density, is still a challenging task. Most quantitative observations use acoustic back-scattering complemented with the equivalent sphere assumption. We provide a more realistic theoretical model of small frazil ice crystals by considering the scattering from an oblate spheroid, using properties appropriate for ice in the ocean. We show an alternative method to analyse measurement data, evaluating the numerical implementation against a dataset collected in October 2012 in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Our approach is consistent with previous laboratory studies and studies of frazil ice in rivers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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