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Pancake Ice / Pfannkucheneis
for a couple of days very cold polar air streamed through Swtzerland with the result that this kind of Ice structure could be seen at some places on the bank of lake Constance.
If the waves are strong enough, the pancakes can raft over each other, creating an uneven top and bottom surface on the ice. At this point, the pancake ice will fuse together and amalgamate into an ice sheet. This ice sheet will continue to grow during the winter season. This process increases the resilience of the ice, as a feature of pancake ice is that they have characteristic length scales that are less than ocean wavelengths, causing waves passing through pancake ice to not scatter. (copied from Wikipedia )
Pancake Ice / Pfannkucheneis
for a couple of days very cold polar air streamed through Swtzerland with the result that this kind of Ice structure could be seen at some places on the bank of lake Constance.
If the waves are strong enough, the pancakes can raft over each other, creating an uneven top and bottom surface on the ice. At this point, the pancake ice will fuse together and amalgamate into an ice sheet. This ice sheet will continue to grow during the winter season. This process increases the resilience of the ice, as a feature of pancake ice is that they have characteristic length scales that are less than ocean wavelengths, causing waves passing through pancake ice to not scatter. (copied from Wikipedia )