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The mechanism of splintering during rime growth
Author(s) -
Mossop S. C.,
Wishart E. R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl005i012p01083
Subject(s) - hard rime , drop (telecommunication) , clear ice , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , materials science , geology , climatology , meteorology , physics , cryosphere , sea ice , antarctic sea ice , telecommunications , computer science
We present evidence that the production of secondary ice particles during rime growth on a moving body is greater at low velocities relative to the number of drops accreted (over the range 1.4 to 3 m s −1 ). This favours the hypothesis that ‘splintering’ is due to the formation, round the periphery of the drop, of an ice shell which later shatters. Shell formation is more likely if drops land lightly and do not spread over the ice substrate.