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Fall 2017
The importance of anchor ice transport of sediment on a river is significantly understudied. This study addresses the lack of data related to anchor ice release and rafting. A large sample set of anchor ice was collected in the field over the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 winter seasons to compute a...
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Spring 2022
The process of supercooling, where turbulent water is cooled below freezing while remaining a liquid, is a necessary condition for the formation of frazil and anchor ice in northern rivers during the late fall and winter. While the phenomenon has been often investigated in laboratory, relatively...
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Fall 2012
This research describes laboratory and field experiments aiming at developing techniques for obtaining quantitative measurements of suspended frazil ice and surface ice characteristics in rivers using sonars. A series of laboratory experiments were conducted to correlate the sonar backscatter...
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Spring 2014
The physical and kinematic properties of frazil ice particles have proven difficult to measure with any accuracy in the past. As a result, little is known about the size distribution, thickness, aspect ratio, and rise velocity of these particles, making it impossible to develop accurate...