Rollover of apparent wave attenuation in ice covered seas

• Main Authors: Li, Jingkai, Kohout, Alison L., Doble, Martin J., Wadhams, Peter, Guan, Changlong, Shen, Hayley H.
• Other Authors: DHI-NTU Centre
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Wave Attenuation; Wave Frequencies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/87522; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45440
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Wave attenuation from two field experiments in the ice‐covered Southern Ocean is examined. Instead of monotonically increasing with shorter waves, the measured apparent attenuation rate peaks at an intermediate wave period. This “rollover” phenomenon has been postulated as the result of wind input a...