Author(s): D. J. Harmon; B. L. Parsons
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Abstract: The instrumented auger was developed by C-CORE as an efficient and effective tool for determining the spatial distribution of the relative "hardness" of sea ice in large rubble fields, pressure ridges and man-made ice pads. Regions of ice consolidation and constituent voids are qualitatively identified by augering a sequence of holes with this tool. ice "hardness" is quantified in the units of specific energy (energy per unit volume) and thus allows a relative index for comparison. Horizontal and vertical variations in ice "hardness" can be presented by contour lines mapped onto an elevation profile of the area under investigation.
Year: 1984