Coherent Delineation of Climatic Changes over the North Pacific Ocean. Ice in the Southern Okhotsk Sea

An analysis was made of the decadal ice conditions in the Southern Okhotsk Sea as observed along the coast of northern Hokkaido, in relation to the strength of the northeasterly winds over the Kamchatka Penninsula, the Okhotsk Sea, and adjacent areas the last 50 years 1921-1970. The results were the...

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Main Authors: Schell, Irving I, Sabbagh, E N
Other Authors: OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH INST CAMBRIDGE MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
*OKHOTSK SEA
*SEA ICE
CLIMATE
METEOROLOGICAL CHARTS
PACIFIC OCEAN
Climatic changes
North Pacific Ocean
Okhotsk
Greenland
Pacific
Greenland Sea
Iceland
Kamchatka
Newfoundland
okhotsk sea
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0776080
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0776080
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Summary:An analysis was made of the decadal ice conditions in the Southern Okhotsk Sea as observed along the coast of northern Hokkaido, in relation to the strength of the northeasterly winds over the Kamchatka Penninsula, the Okhotsk Sea, and adjacent areas the last 50 years 1921-1970. The results were then compared to the ice conditions off Iceland (Greenland Sea) and also the frequency of icebergs off Newfoundland. It is found that the severity of the ice conditions in the southern Okhotsk Sea are related to the strength of the northeasterly winds in winter, the decade with the lightest ice conditions (1931-40) being associated with weaker northeasterlies, and the decade with the heaviest ice conditions (1941-50) with stronger northeasterlies than in the other decades of the period. See also report dated Aug 1973, AD766956.

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