The Drift of Sea Ice

• Main Author: Leppäranta, Matti (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books, Geophysical Sciences
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.

The author presents in The Drift of Sea Ice the fundamental laws of sea ice drift which come from the material properties of sea ice and the basic laws of mechanics. The resulting system of equations is analysed for the general properties of sea ice drift, the free drift model and analytical models...

Table of Contents:

• Drift ice material
• Ice kinematics
• Sea ice rheology
• Equation of drift ice motion
• Free drift
• Drift in the presence of internal friction
• Numerical modelling
• Use and need for knowledge on ice drift
• Study problems
• References.