Document 5 
Accession No.: 3538516. 
Author:        Martin-S.  Cavalieri-D-J. 
Author Affil.: Sch. of Oceanogr., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA. 
Title:         Contributions of the Siberian Shelf polynyas to the Arctic
               Ocean intermediate and deep water. 
Source:        Journal of Geophysical Research.  vol.94, no.C9.  pp. 12725-38.
                15 Sept. 1989. 
References:    34 refs. 
ISSN:          0148-0227. 
CODEN:         JGREA2. 
Language:      eng. 
Year:          1989. 
Pub. Type:     journal-article (J). 
Treatment:     EXPERIMENTAL (X). 
Report No.:    CCCC: 0148-0227/89/89JC-01048$05.00. 
Contract No.:  Q. 
Pub. Country:  USA. 
Class. Code:   A9210M.  A9210S.  A9210R.  A9330L.  A9210K. 
Subject:       oceanographic-regions.  sea-ice. 
Identifiers:   ocean.  intermediate water.  ocean circulation.  coast. 
               atmosphere. thermohaline structure.  polynya.  continental
               shelf.  AD 1978 to 1982. air sea interaction.  Siberian Shelf. 
               Arctic Ocean.  deep water.  winter ice pack.  heat loss. 
Abstract:      The role of the open water regions or polynyas in the winter
               ice pack over the Siberian continental shelves in the
               production of Arctic Ocean Intermediate and Deep Water is
               examined through use of a combination of passive microwave
               satellite data, coastal weather station data, and oceanographic
               data.  The satellite data allow one to derive a time series of
               the open water areas of selected polynyas for the 1978-1982
               winters. The polynyas which occur north of Svalbard, around
               Franz Josef Land, along the west coast and north end of Novaya
               Zemlya, and to the east of Severnaya Zemlya and the Taymyr
               Peninsula are the primary oceanographic contributors.  The open
               water time series for these polynyas are used in combination
               with coastal weather station data to estimate the heat loss
               from each polynya.