Ice formation in the subcooled brine environment

Formation of brine channels in sea ice.

Liquid salty micro-channels (brine) between growing ice platelets in sea ice are an important habitat for CO2-binding microalgaea with great impact on polar ecosystems. The structure formation of ice platelets is microscopically described and a phase field model is developed. The pattern formation during solidification of the two-dimensional interstitial liquid is considered by two coupled orde...

Mars Brine Formation Experiment

Modeling the morphogenesis of brine channels in sea ice.

Brine channels are formed in sea ice under certain constraints and represent a habitat of different microorganisms. The complex system depends on a number of various quantities as salinity, density, pH value, or temperature. Each quantity governs the process of brine channel formation. There exists a strong link between bulk salinity and the presence of brine drainage channels in growing ice wi...

Brine fluxes from growing sea ice

[1] It is well known that brine drainage from growing sea ice has a controlling influence on its mechanical, electromagnetic, biological and transport properties, and hence upon the buoyancy forcing and ecology in the polar oceans. When the ice has exceeded a critical thickness the drainage process is dominated by brine channels: liquid conduits extending through the ice. We describe a theoreti...

The International Collaborative Environment (ICE)

This paper describes the various software modules of the International Collaborative Environment (ICE), a system implemented as a collection of components written in Java. The system allows groups to collaborate, both synchronously and asynchronously, and perform a variety of tasks over the Internet. The components, all of which are shared by users in the same group, include chat, whiteboard, e...