Office/Division Program
TAP
Project Number
110
Category
Research Initiation Date (Award Date)
Research Performing Activity
Polar Alpine, Inc.
Research Principal Investigator
Dr. William St. Lawrence
Research Contracting Agency
Description
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. This information is necessary to determine the reliability of spray ice as a protective barrier for platforms.
Latest progress update
Completed