Author(s): Bernard Michel
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Abstract: Many empirical formulas have been used to express the growth of black ice in Antarctic regions. These formulas, of the exponential type, take into account the number of degree-days of frost since the beginning of ice formation. They do not consider the thermal properties of the ice cover and this makes them very hard to use for particular applications, out of their broad context. Along lines used by Bilello, it is shown that the straightforward heat exchange formula with only one adjusted parameter gives a very good fit for ice formation in the McKenzie River and in the Beaufort Sea for a period of six years from 1960 to 1966.
Year: 1972