Response to Spray Ice Structures to Ice, Atmospheric, and Oceanographic Forces
The objective was to determine the response of spray ice barriers and spray ice islands to environmental forcing functions. This study used photogrammetric analysis to quantify the original geometry of the spray ice barrier placed around Exxon's CIDS Platform, during the winter of 1984; and to determine how the barrier reacted to ice movements. The analysis included a quantification of the frequency and magnitude of winter ice movements and the amount of erosion of the spray ice barrier during the pre-breakup and post-breakup periods.