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

Abstract

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 February; in the western hemisphere it disappears later. The dates of the disappearance of ice for years 1956 and 1967 have been recorded at Mirnyy reyd, Molodezhnaya and Lazarev sectors. The formation of ice has been recorded for years 1956 to 1966 at Mirnyy reyd. In addition, the paper lists data on drift ice and ice boundaries, their variations, ice thickness, melting, formation, concentration and other aspects. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0719987

Entities

People

  • L. I. Eskin

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Hemispheres
  • Ice
  • Oceans
  • Sea Ice
  • Southern Ocean
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies