Physical and stable isotopic properties and growth processes of sea ice collected in the southern Sea of Okhotsk

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C9, 2000, Pages 22083-22093

  Ukita, Jinro ^a,b   Kawamura, Toshiyuki ^c   Tanaka, Noriyuki ^c   Toyota, Takenobu ^c   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 0033674185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000013     Document Type: Article

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