Observations of high-frequency spectral peaks from in-situ waves in ice data: evidence for nonlinear waves in ice triad interactions?

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Autori principali: Rabault, Jean, Voermans, Joey, Nose, Takehiko, Sutherland, Graig, Babanin, Alexander, Waseda, Takuji, Kodaira, Tsubasa, Jensen, Atle, Dreyer, Lars Willas, Breivik, Øyvind, Hope, Gaute, Müller, Malte, Cheng, Zhaohui, Wu, Lichuan, Marchenko, Aleksey, Ward, Brian, Christensen, Kai H., Heil, Petra, Trulsen, Karsten
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author Rabault, Jean
Voermans, Joey
Nose, Takehiko
Sutherland, Graig
Babanin, Alexander
Waseda, Takuji
Kodaira, Tsubasa
Jensen, Atle
Dreyer, Lars Willas
Breivik, Øyvind
Hope, Gaute
Müller, Malte
Cheng, Zhaohui
Wu, Lichuan
Marchenko, Aleksey
Ward, Brian
Christensen, Kai H.
Heil, Petra
Trulsen, Karsten
author_facet Rabault, Jean
Voermans, Joey
Nose, Takehiko
Sutherland, Graig
Babanin, Alexander
Waseda, Takuji
Kodaira, Tsubasa
Jensen, Atle
Dreyer, Lars Willas
Breivik, Øyvind
Hope, Gaute
Müller, Malte
Cheng, Zhaohui
Wu, Lichuan
Marchenko, Aleksey
Ward, Brian
Christensen, Kai H.
Heil, Petra
Trulsen, Karsten
contents The propagation of waves through the marginal ice zone (MIZ) and deeper into pack ice is a key phenomenon that influences the breakup and drift of sea ice. When waves in ice propagate through a solid, non-cracked, thick enough sea ice cover, significant flexural elastic effects can be present in the dispersion relation. This results in a dispersion relation that opens up for 3-wave interactions, also known as wave triads. Here, we report the observation of high-frequency spectral peaks in the power spectral density of waves in ice spectra. We show, in two timeseries datasets, that the presence of these high-frequency peaks is accompanied by high values for the spectral bicoherence. This is a signature that the high-frequency peak is phase-locked with frequency components in the main spectral energy peak, and a necessary condition for nonlinear coupling to take place. Moreover, we show for a timeseries dataset that includes several closely located sensors that the dispersion relation recovered from a cross-spectrum analysis is compatible with the possible existence of wave triads at the same frequencies for which the bicoherence peak is observed. In addition to these observations in timeseries datasets, we show that similar high-frequency peaks are observed from additional, independent datasets of waves in ice power spectrum densities transmitted over iridium from autonomous buoys. These results suggest that nonlinear energy transfers between wave in ice spectral components are likely to occur in some waves and sea ice conditions. This may enable redistribution of energy from weakly damped low-frequency waves to more strongly attenuated higher-frequency spectral components, which can contribute to energy dissipation in the ice.
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spellingShingle Observations of high-frequency spectral peaks from in-situ waves in ice data: evidence for nonlinear waves in ice triad interactions?
Rabault, Jean
Voermans, Joey
Nose, Takehiko
Sutherland, Graig
Babanin, Alexander
Waseda, Takuji
Kodaira, Tsubasa
Jensen, Atle
Dreyer, Lars Willas
Breivik, Øyvind
Hope, Gaute
Müller, Malte
Cheng, Zhaohui
Wu, Lichuan
Marchenko, Aleksey
Ward, Brian
Christensen, Kai H.
Heil, Petra
Trulsen, Karsten
Geophysics
The propagation of waves through the marginal ice zone (MIZ) and deeper into pack ice is a key phenomenon that influences the breakup and drift of sea ice. When waves in ice propagate through a solid, non-cracked, thick enough sea ice cover, significant flexural elastic effects can be present in the dispersion relation. This results in a dispersion relation that opens up for 3-wave interactions, also known as wave triads. Here, we report the observation of high-frequency spectral peaks in the power spectral density of waves in ice spectra. We show, in two timeseries datasets, that the presence of these high-frequency peaks is accompanied by high values for the spectral bicoherence. This is a signature that the high-frequency peak is phase-locked with frequency components in the main spectral energy peak, and a necessary condition for nonlinear coupling to take place. Moreover, we show for a timeseries dataset that includes several closely located sensors that the dispersion relation recovered from a cross-spectrum analysis is compatible with the possible existence of wave triads at the same frequencies for which the bicoherence peak is observed. In addition to these observations in timeseries datasets, we show that similar high-frequency peaks are observed from additional, independent datasets of waves in ice power spectrum densities transmitted over iridium from autonomous buoys. These results suggest that nonlinear energy transfers between wave in ice spectral components are likely to occur in some waves and sea ice conditions. This may enable redistribution of energy from weakly damped low-frequency waves to more strongly attenuated higher-frequency spectral components, which can contribute to energy dissipation in the ice.
title Observations of high-frequency spectral peaks from in-situ waves in ice data: evidence for nonlinear waves in ice triad interactions?
topic Geophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19034