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Iceberg life expectancies in the Grand Banks and Labrador Sea
AbstractThis paper presents a study which investigated the effect of complete melt of icebergs on the short term distribution of icebergs as they drifted in the North Atlantic Ocean. A model has been developed to estimate the percentage of icebergs in an ensemble that are likely to melt completely during a given time period. The procedure is based on estimates of life expectancies of icebergs obtained using an iceberg deterioration model developed earlier, in conjunction with the cumulative frequency distribution of iceberg sizes.The study indicated that as much as 60% of the icebergs on the Grand Banks, off the Canadian east coast, can melt completely in one day during the month of September when the combined impact of water temperature and wave height on iceberg deterioration is at its maximum. The model was validated using observations on six cases of iceberg ensembles. It was found that the prediction of the drift and distribution of iceberg ensembles was considerably improved when iceberg deterioration and complete melt are accounted for.
Iceberg life expectancies in the Grand Banks and Labrador Sea
AbstractThis paper presents a study which investigated the effect of complete melt of icebergs on the short term distribution of icebergs as they drifted in the North Atlantic Ocean. A model has been developed to estimate the percentage of icebergs in an ensemble that are likely to melt completely during a given time period. The procedure is based on estimates of life expectancies of icebergs obtained using an iceberg deterioration model developed earlier, in conjunction with the cumulative frequency distribution of iceberg sizes.The study indicated that as much as 60% of the icebergs on the Grand Banks, off the Canadian east coast, can melt completely in one day during the month of September when the combined impact of water temperature and wave height on iceberg deterioration is at its maximum. The model was validated using observations on six cases of iceberg ensembles. It was found that the prediction of the drift and distribution of iceberg ensembles was considerably improved when iceberg deterioration and complete melt are accounted for.
Iceberg life expectancies in the Grand Banks and Labrador Sea
Venkatesh, S. (author) / El-Tahan, M. (author)
Cold Regions, Science and Technology ; 15 ; 1-11
1987-05-21
11 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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