Thermohaline effects of the seasonal sea ice cover in the Sea of Okhotsk

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Watanabe, Tatsuro ^a   Ikeda, Motoyoshi ^b   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Sea ice; Sea of Okhotsk; Thermohaline effects

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; WORLD;

EID: 20044376367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001905     Document Type: Article

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