Document 4 
Accession No.: 3736417. 
Author:        Wakatsuchi-M.  Martin-S. 
Author Affil.: Sch. of Oceanogr., Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA. 
Title:         Satellite observations of the ice cover of the Kuril Basin
               region of the Okhotsk Sea and its relation to the regional
               oceanography. 
Source:        Journal of Geophysical Research.  vol.95, no.C8.  pp.  13393-
               410, 13589-91.  15 Aug. 1990. 
References:    28 refs. 
ISSN:          0148-0227. 
CODEN:         JGREA2. 
Language:      eng. 
Year:          1990. 
Pub. Type:     journal-article (J). 
Treatment:     EXPERIMENTAL (X). 
Sub./Material: O2/bin O/bin. 
Report No.:    CCCC: 0148-0227/90/90JC-00661$05.00. 
Pub. Country:  USA. 
Class. Code:   A9210R.  A9210M.  A9330P.  A9330R. 
Subject:       oceanographic-regions.  sea-ice. 
Identifiers:   sea ice.  ocean.  AD 1978 to 1982.  circulation.  thermohaline
               structure. temperature.  salinity.  ice cover.  Kuril Basin
               region.  Okhotsk Sea. regional oceanography.  Pacific.  O/sub
               2/. 
Abstract:      For the period 1978-82, this paper examines the nature of the
               sea ice which forms over the Kuril Basin of the Okhotsk Sea and
               describes the impact of this ice on the regional oceanography. 
               The paper compares the oceanographic behavior during the heavy
               ice season associated with the cold 1979 winter with the
               behavior during the lighter ice years of 1980 and 1982. 
               Examination of the oceanography in the Okhotsk and the adjacent
               Pacific shows that the early summer water column structure
               depends on the heat loss from the Okhotsk during the preceding
               ice season, the total amount of Okhotsk ice formation, and
               specifically the amount of ice formation in the Kuril Basin. 
               Following the 1979 ice season, the upper 200-300 m of the Kuril
               Basin waters were cooler, less saline, and richer in oxygen
               than for the other years.