ASL has completed a project that provided winter ice draft and ice velocity data in Cook Inlet, Alaska. These data are used to calibrate computer models of ice loads on multi-legged offshore oil platforms and these models are then used for studies of more severe ice environments.
Because of high tidal currents (up to 6 knots), ASL designed a low profile bottom frame to incorporate the Ice Profilerä, ADCP, and other instruments. The instruments were deployed at a depth of 29 meters in December 2003 and recovered in the summer of 2004. ASL has provided detailed analyses of the data collected for input to the computer models.
