Sea Ice of the Southern Ocean (Morskie Ldy Yuzhnogo Okeana)

• Main Author: Eskin,L. I.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1971
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SEA ICE; *ANTARCTIC REGIONS); THERMAL PROPERTIES; SALINITY; PLANKTON; DRIFT; SOLAR RADIATION; ADSORPTION; FREEZING; THICKNESS; VOLUME; USSR; TRANSLATIONS; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Lazarev; Molodezhnaya; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0719987; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0719987

In the Southern Ocean ice begins to melt by the end of November. In January the melting may reach 3-4cm a day. The melting ends in February and March, depending on the geographical location and climatological conditions. In the eastern hemisphere the ice edge disappears by the second half of Februar...