Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2033-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2033-2017
Research article
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04 Sep 2017
Research article |  | 04 Sep 2017

Ice bridges and ridges in the Maxwell-EB sea ice rheology

Véronique Dansereau, Jérôme Weiss, Pierre Saramito, Philippe Lattes, and Edmond Coche

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A new mechanical framework is used to model the drift of sea ice in a narrow channel between Greenland and Ellesmere Island. It is able to reproduce its main features : curved cracks, ice “bridges” that stop the flow of ice for several months of the year and some thick, strongly localized ridged ice. The simulations suggest that a mechanical weakening of the sea ice cover can shorten the lifespan of ice bridges and result in an increased export of ice through the narrow channels of the Arctic.