Description of the heat- and salt-fluxes and sea ice production data
set in the Southern Ocean

The heat- and salt-fluxes and sea ice production analysis is produced
daily on the SSM/I EASE grid and a one-degree lat-lon grid.
The analysis uses SSM/I microwave data and ERA-40, ERA-interim, and
NCEP2 data.

The analysis of heat- and salt-fluxes is described in
Tamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, S. Nihashi, and H. Hasumi (2011),
Estimation of Surface Heat/Salt Fluxes Associated with Sea Ice
Growth/Melt in the Southern Ocean, Scientific Online Letters on the
Atmosphere, 7, pp. 17-20, doi:10.2151/sola.2011-005.

The analysis of sea ice production is described in
Tamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, and S. Nihashi (2008), Mapping of sea
ice production for Antarctic coastal polynyas, Geophys. Res. Lett.,
35, L07606, doi:10.1029/2007GL032903.

The SSM/I thin ice thickness algrithm used for the estimation of sea
ice production is described in
Tamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, T. Markus, D. J. Cavalieri, S. Nihashi,
and N. Hirasawa (2007), Estimation of thin ice thickness and
detection of fast ice from SSM/I data in the Antarctic Ocean, J.
Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 24, 1757-1772.

When you will use these data set in your paper, please be sure to
refer Tamura et al. (2011), Tamura et al. (2008), and/or Tamura et
al. (2007).

Tamura et al. (2011) uses the different value for the latent heat of
fusion of sea ice from Tamura et al. (2008). All the heat- and salt-
fluxes and sea ice production data set in this web site are derived
from the way of Tamura et al. (2011).

In this web site, the heat- and salt-fluxes and sea ice production
analysis is available in individual yearly files of individual
monthly data products.

For information on the above data set, please contact:

Takeshi TAMURA
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E-mail: tamura.takeshi@nipr.ac.jp
Phone: +81-42-512-0682
FAX:   +81-42-528-3497

Postal Address:
National Institute of Polar Research
10-3, Midoricho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan


Kay I. Ohshima
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E-mail: ohshima@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp
Phone: +81-11-706-5481
FAX: +81-11-706-7362

Postal Address:
Institute of Low Temperature Science,
Hokkaido University,
Kita-19, Nishi-8, Kita-ku, 
Sapporo 060-0819, Japan


UPDATED: 27 March 2017