Sea ice is a mushy layer

Feltham, D.L.; Untersteiner, N.; Wettlaufer, J.S.; Worster, M.G.. 2006 Sea ice is a mushy layer. Geophysical Research Letters, 33 (14), L14501. 4, pp. 10.1029/2006GL026290

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Abstract/Summary

Sea ice is a two-phase, two-component, reactive porous medium: an example of what is known in other contexts as a mushy layer. The fundamental conservation laws underlying the mathematical description of mushy layers provide a robust foundation for the prediction of sea-ice evolution. Here we show that the general equations describing mushy layers reduce to the model of Maykut and Untersteiner (1971) under the same approximations employed therein.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1029/2006GL026290
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Other Special Projects
ISSN:	0094-8276
Additional Keywords:	Sea ice
NORA Subject Terms:	Marine Sciences Glaciology
Date made live:	04 Sep 2007 15:38 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/47

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1029/2006GL026290

Programmes:

BAS Programmes > Other Special Projects

ISSN:

0094-8276

Additional Keywords:

Sea ice

NORA Subject Terms:

Marine Sciences
Glaciology