Limit regimes of ice formation in turbulent supercooled water

Phys Rev E. 2017 Oct;96(4-1):043106. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.96.043106. Epub 2017 Oct 10.

Abstract

A study of ice formation in stationary turbulent conditions is carried out in various limit regimes of crystal growth, supercooling, and ice entrainment at the water surface. Analytical expressions for the temperature, salinity, and ice concentration mean profiles are provided, and the role of fluctuations in ice production is numerically quantified. Lower bounds on the ratio of sensible heat flux to latent heat flux to the atmosphere are derived and their dependence on key parameters such as salt rejection in freezing and ice entrainment in the water column is elucidated.