Download PDF by Matti Leppäranta: The Drift of Sea Ice (Springer Praxis Books)

By Matti Leppäranta

ISBN-10: 3540408819

ISBN-13: 9783540408819

ISBN-10: 3642074189

ISBN-13: 9783642074189

the writer offers within the go with the flow of Sea Ice the basic legislation of sea ice flow which come from the fabric homes of sea ice and the fundamental legislation of mechanics. The ensuing procedure of equations is analysed for the final homes of sea ice float, the unfastened float version and analytical versions for ice flow within the presence of inner friction, and the development of numerical ice glide types is targeted. The technological know-how of sea ice go with the flow via its 100-year historical past to the current day is defined. The textual content comprises the geophysical idea, observations from box courses, and mathematical versions. issues coated contain the technology of sea ice flow, forecasting go with the flow pace according to quantity, measurement and form, sea ice ridging and distant sensing, modelling of the ice stipulations, and eventually the position of sea ice glide in examine fields in ice-covered seas, oceanography, marine ecology and engineering.

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