Modelling the Response of an Ice Disc to Radial WaterFlow in the Context of Sea Ice Thickening

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Grae Worster, Shaun D. Fitzgerald This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4744374/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 06 Feb, 2025 Read the published version in Experiments in Fluids → Version 1 posted 9 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The Arctic is melting rapidly and is likely to experience its first ice-free summer in the next few decades unless action is taken locally. One proposed method of reducing or perhaps reversing Arctic melting is pumping seawater onto the surface of Arctic sea ice where it should freeze faster and thicken the ice. This may in turn enable it to last longer or even survive the summer melting period, reflecting more sunlight and becoming stronger multi-year ice with increased resistance to future melting. Despite appearing to be a relatively simple physical problem the technique has not been researched in depth. Here, the response of ice to water being pumped over its surface is investigated theoretically and experimentally for radial axisymmetric water flow. The dominant heat transfer mechanisms during the period shortly after placement of water onto ice are conduction through the ice away from the water-ice interface and advection from the water to the interface. During this initial period of evolution, advection and radiation to the atmosphere are much smaller in magnitude and hence not included. The advective heat transfer from the water flow to the interface is modelled for three flows: an inviscid flow without a thermal boundary layer; an inviscid flow with a thermal boundary layer; and viscous flow with a thermal boundary layer. Predictions from these models are compared with data from laboratory experiments at various initial water temperatures. The predictions from the viscous, thermal boundary layer model for the evolution of the ice profile were found to be closest to the data obtained from laboratory experiments with water supplied at 0.5, 1.0 & 1.5°C. Ice thickening Arctic ice Sea ice Climate repair Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 06 Feb, 2025 Read the published version in Experiments in Fluids → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 12 Sep, 2024 Reviews received at journal 11 Sep, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 14 Aug, 2024 Reviews received at journal 06 Aug, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 21 Jul, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 19 Jul, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 15 Jul, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 15 Jul, 2024 First submitted to journal 15 Jul, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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