Pancake Ice Growth at CRREL




          The objective of this study is to investigate the formation processes of pancake ice using the CRREL Sea Ice Basin.

Researchers:

  • Senior Personnel:
    • Hayley H. Shen
    • Stephen F. Ackley
  • Other Collaborators :
    • Mark A. Hopkins (USACRREL)
    • Susan Frankenstein (USACRREL)
  • Graduate Students:
    • Mingrui Dai
    • Yong Yuan
    • Pinky Mehta
    • Balasubramanian Sankaran
  • Undergraduate Students:
    • Andrew L. Brassaw
    • Marshall Burns
    • Ose Negbenebor

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Publications:

  • Shen, H.H. and Y. Zhong. 2001. “Theoretical Study of drift of small rigid floating objects in wave fields”, ASCE/J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 127(6), 343-351.
  • Hopkins, M.A. and H.H. Shen. 2001. "Simulation of pancake-ice dynamics in a wave field", Ann. Glaciol., 33, 355-360.
  • Shen, H.H. and Y. Zhong. 2001. "Theoretical Study of drift of small rigid floating objects in wave fields", ASCE/J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 127(6), 343-351.
  • Hopkins, M.A. and H.H. Shen. 2001. "Simulation of pancake-ice dynamics in a wave field", Ann. Glaciol., 33, 355-360.
  • Shen, H.H., S.F. Ackley and M.A. Hopkins. 2001. "A conceptual model for pancake-ice formation in a wave field", Ann. Glaciol., 33, 361-367.
  • Frankenstein, S., S. Loset, and H.H. Shen. 2001. "Wave-Ice Interactions in Barents Sea Marginal Ice Zone", ASCE/J. Cold Regions Engineering, 15(2):91-102.
  • Ackley, S.F.,C.A.Geiger,J.C.King,E.C.Hunke,J.Comiso. 2001. "The Ronne Polynya of 1997/98: Observations of air-ice-ocean interaction", Annals of Glaciology 33 2001, p. 425.
  • Hunke, E.C. and S.F. Ackley. 2001. "Numerical Modeling of the Ronne Polynya of 1997/98", J. Geophysical Research, 106, p. 22373.
  • Lytle VI, Ackley SF. 2001. "Snow-ice growth: a fresh-water flux inhibiting deep convection in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica", Annals of Glaciology, 33, p. 45.
  • Shen, H.H., (1999) "Wave-Ice Interaction", Marine Forecasts, 16(3):28-38.
  • Frankenstein, S. and H.H. Shen (1999) "Laboratory observations of ice floe processes made during long term drift and collision experiments", Antarctic Journal, 32:237-239.
  • Leonard, G., Sh en, H.H., and Ackley, S.F. (1999) "Initiation and Evolution of Pancake Ice in a Wave Field," Antarctic Journal, 32:53-55.
  • Shen, H.H. and Squire, V.A. (1998) "Wave Damping in Compact Pancake Ice Fields Due to Interactions Between Pancakes," AGU Antarctic Research Series 74, Antarctic Sea Ice: Physical Processes, Interactions and Variability, (Ed. Dr. Martin O. Jeffries): 325-342.
  • Frankenstein, S. and Shen, H.H. (1995) "A Pilot Study of Stress Waves in a Land Fast Sea Ice Sheet at Ross Island, Antarctica," Antarctic Journal, 30:112-113.
  • Frankenstein, S. and Shen, H.H. (1995) "Laboratory Observations of Ice Floe Processes Made during Long Term Drift and Collision Experiments," Antarctic Journal, 30:114-115.
  • Shen, H.H. and Ackley, S.F. (1995) "A Laboratory Produced Pancake Ice Cover in a Two-Dimensional Wave Field," Antarctic Journal, 30:106-107.
  • Shen, H.H. and Frankenstein, S. (1994) "Wave Pancake Ice Interactions," Antarctic Journal, 29(5):91-92.
  • Shen, H.H. and Ackley, S.F. (1991) "A One-Dimensional Model for Wave-Induced Ice-Floe Collisions," Ann. Glaciology, 15:87-95.