The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . easternberings00hood Year: 1981 Nearshore ice characteristics 183 Figure 11-11. LANDSAT image obtained 28 February 1973 showing Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and the area of ex- tensive mud flats west of the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. Note ice stranded on shoals in lower Etolin Strait. Due to the nearly constant motion of ice away from the coast and the resulting open water, new ice is often forming along a broad band running east to west all across the northern side of the bay. It
The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder . easternberings00hood Year: 1981 Nearshore ice characteristics 183 Figure 11-11. LANDSAT image obtained 28 February 1973 showing Nunivak Island, Etolin Strait, and the area of ex- tensive mud flats west of the mouth of the Kuskokwim River. Note ice stranded on shoals in lower Etolin Strait. Due to the nearly constant motion of ice away from the coast and the resulting open water, new ice is often forming along a broad band running east to west all across the northern side of the bay. It is often possible to clearly see the transition from open water to new ice, young ice, and first-year pack ice on a single LANDSAT image. Superimposed on this behavioral pattern is a second characteristic: as the ice moves out of Bristol Bay into a less confined area, it breaks up into large pans with dimensions on the order of 10-20 km. The voids between these pans then freeze. This new sheet may then break up.
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