Wave–Ice Interactions in Oceans: Observations, Modeling, and Dynamics
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Ocean Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 October 2025 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wave–ice interactions; sea–ice models; wave predictability
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Interactions between ocean waves and sea ice affect both wave dynamics and sea ice behaviour. This Special Issue aims to address various aspects of these complex interactions, which are critical to understanding and predicting polar ocean processes: from forecasting time scales to climate.
The most widely studied topic is wave attenuation by sea ice, an ice-to-wave feedback. However, the mechanisms behind attenuation—specifically the relative roles of scattering and dissipative processes across different ice types and length scales—remain insufficiently understood and are subject to large uncertainties. Other important but less explored ice-to-wave effects include wave growth in the presence of sea ice and nonlinear wave–wave interactions under ice cover.
On the wave-to-ice side, increasing attention is being paid to wave-induced ice breakup, which may accelerate sea ice melting or refreezing. Waves also contribute to the formation of grease and pancake ice, influencing sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics. Despite their importance, many of these processes are not yet represented in operational sea ice models.
This Special Issue welcomes studies on wave–ice interactions through in situ and satellite observations, theoretical and numerical modelling (including coupled model development), and laboratory experiments. We aim to highlight the latest research that advances the understanding and representation of wave–ice interaction physics in both scientific and operational contexts.
Dr. Takehiko Nose
Dr. Joey Voermans
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wave–ice interactions
- wave dynamics under ice cover
- sea ice dynamics and thermodynamics under wave action
- polar ocean processes
- coupled wave–ice models
- operational sea ice models
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