Dense water production on the northern Okhotsk shelves: Comparison of ship-based spring-summer observations for 1996 and 1997 with satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C11, 2000, Pages 26281-26299

  Gladyshev, Sergey ^a   Martin, Seelye ^b   Riser, Steve ^b   Figurkin, Alexander ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Pacific Fisheries Research Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DENSE WATER; POLYNYA; WATER MASS;

SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 0034480341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000067     Document Type: Review

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