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- Title
Measurements of wave damping by a grease ice slick in Svalbard using off-the-shelf sensors and open-source electronics.
- Authors
RABAULT, JEAN; SUTHERLAND, GRAIG; GUNDERSEN, OLAV; JENSEN, ATLE
- Abstract
Versatile instruments assembled from off-the-shelf sensors and open-source electronics are used to record wave propagation and damping measured by Inertial Motion Units (IMUs) in a grease ice slick near the shore in Adventfjorden, Svalbard. Viscous attenuation of waves due to the grease ice slick is clearly visible by comparing the IMU data recorded by the different instruments. The frequency dependent spatial damping of the waves is computed by comparing the power spectral density obtained from the different IMUs. We model wave attenuation using the one-layer model of Weber from 1987. The best-fit value for the effective viscosity is ν = (0.95 ± 0.05 × 10−2)m2 s−1, and the coefficient of determination is R2 = 0.89. The mean absolute error and RMSE of the damping coefficient are 0.037 and 0.044m−1, respectively. These results provide continued support for improving instrument design for recording wave propagation in ice-covered regions, which is necessary to this area of research as many authors have underlined the need for more field data.
- Subjects
DAMPING (Mechanics); THEORY of wave motion; FRAZIL ice
- Publication
Journal of Glaciology, 2017, Vol 63, Issue 238, p372
- ISSN
0022-1430
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/jog.2017.1