Greenland Sea Odden sea ice feature: Intra-annual and interannual variability

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Shuchman, Robert A., Josberger, Edward G., Russel, Catherine A., Fischer, Kenneth W., Johannessen, Ola M., Johannessen, Johnny A., Gloersen, Per
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1998
• Subjects: Oceanography; Arctic; Greenland; in Odden; East Greenland; Greenland Sea; ice pack; International Arctic Buoy Program; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/811; https://doi.org/10.1029/98jc00375

The “Odden” is a large sea ice feature that forms in the east Greenland Sea that may protrude eastward to 5 °E from the main sea ice pack (at about 8 °W) between 73° and 77 °N. It generally forms at the beginning of the winter season and can cover 300,000 km2. Throughout the winter the outer edge of...