Increase and decrease of sea ice area in the Sea of Okhotsk: Ice production in coastal polynyas and dynamic thickening in convergence zones

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Kimura, Noriaki ^a   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ice production; Sea ice; Sea of Okhotsk

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

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

EID: 22944444498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001901     Document Type: Article

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