Refereed Publications (Kay I. Ohshima)

• K. I. Ohshima, N. Tamaru, H. Kashiwase, S. Nihashi, K. Nakata, K. Iwamoto (2020)
  Estimation of sea ice production in the Bering Sea from AMSR-E and AMSR2 data, with special emphasis on the Anadyr polynya. Journal of Geophysical Research,125, doi:10.1029/2019JC016023.
• Hirano, D., T. Tamura, K. Kusahara, K. I. Ohshima, K. W. Nicholls, S. Ushio, D. Simizu, K. Ono, M. Fujii, Y. Nogi, S. Aoki (2020)
  Strong ice-ocean interaction beneath Shirase Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica Nature Communications, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17527-4.
• Murakami, K., D. Nomura, G. Hashida, S. Nakaoka, Y. Kitade, D. Hirano, T. Hirawake, K. I. Ohshima (2020)
  Strong biological carbon uptake and carbonate chemistry associated with dense shelf water outflows in the Cape Darnley polynya, East Antarctica. Marine Chemistry, 225, doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2020.103842
• Mensah, V., K. I. Ohshima (2020)
  Variabilities of the Sea Surface Height in the Kuril Basin of the Sea of Okhotsk: Coherent Shelf-Trapped Mode and Rossby Normal Modes Journal of Physical Oceanography,50, 2289-2313, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0216.1.
• Ito, M.,Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, K. Shirasawa (2020)
  Observational evidence of supercooling and frazil ice formation throughout the water column in a coastal polynya in the Sea of Okhotsk Continental Shelf Research,196, 104072, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2020.104072.
• Ito, M., K. I. Ohshima, Y. Fukamachi, D. Hirano, A. R. Mahoney, J. Jones, T. Takatsuka, and H. Eicken (2019)
  Favorable conditions for suspension freezing in an Arctic coastal polynya Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans,124, 8701-8719, doi:10.1029/2019JC015536.
• Kashiwase, H., K. I. Ohshima, Y. Fukamachi, S. Nihashi, T. Tamura (2019)
  Evaluation of AMSR-E thin ice thickness algorithm from a mooring-based observation: How can the satellite observe a sea ice field with non-uniform thickness distribution? Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36, 1623-1641, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0218.1.
• Preusser, A., K. I. Ohshima, K. Iwamoto, S. Willmes, G. Heinemann (2019)
  Retrieval of wintertime sea ice production in Arctic polynyas using thermal infrared and passive microwave remote sensing data. Journal of Geophysical Research, 124, 5503-5528, doi:10.1029/2019JC014976
• Fraser, A. D., K. I. Ohshima, S. Nihashi, R. A. Masson, T. Tamura, K. Nakata, S. Willmes (2019)
  Landfast ice controls on sea-ice production in the Cape Darnley Polynya: A case study. Remote Sensing of Environment, 233, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111315
• Zhang, W., N. Ebuchi, Y. Fukamachi, F. Cheng, K. I. Ohshima, B. Emery, T. Toyota, H. Abe, K. Shirakawa (2019)
  Sea ice observation with oceanographic HF radar IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2936576
• Mensah, V., K. I. Ohshima, T. Nakanowatari, S. Riser (2019)
  Seasonal changes of water mass, circulation and dynamic response in the Kuril Basin of the Sea of Okhotsk. Deep Sea Research Part I, 144, 115-131, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2019.01.012.
• Nakata, K., K. I. Ohshima, S. Nihashi (2019)
  Estimation of thin ice thickness and discrimination of ice type from AMSR-E passive microwave data. IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(1), 263-276, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2018.2853590.
• Hirano, D., Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, E. Watanabe, A. R. Mahoney, H. Eicken, M. Itoh, D. Simizu, K. Iwamoto, J. Jones, T. Takatsuka, T. Kikuchi, T. Tamura (2018)
  Winter water formation in coastal polynyas of the eastern Chukchi Shelf: Pacific and Atlantic influences. Journal of Geophysical Research, 123, 5688:5705, doi:10.1029/2017JC013307.
• Nihashi, S., N. T. Kurz, T. Markus, K. I. Ohshima, K. Tateyama, T. Toyota (2018)
  Estimation of sea-ice thickness and volume in the Sea of Okhotsk based on ICESat data. Annals of Glaciology, 101-111, doi:10.1017/aog.2018.8.
• Nomura, D., M. A. Granskog, A. Fransson, M. Chierici, A. Silyakova, K. I. Ohshima, L. Cohen, B. Delille, S. R. Hudson, G. S. Dieckmann (2018)
  CO2 flux over young and snow-covered Arctic pack ice in winter and spring. Biogeosciences, 15, 3331-3343, doi:10.5194/bg-15-3331-2018.
• Kashiwase, H., K. I. Ohshima, S. Nihashi, H. Eicken (2017)
  Evidence for ice-ocean albedo feedback in the Arctic Ocean shifting to a seasonal ice zone. Scientific Reports,7:8170, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-08467-z.
• Fukamachi, Y., D. Simizu K. I. Ohshima, H. Eicken, A. R. Mahoney, K. Iwamoto (2017)
  Sea-ice thickness in the coastal northeastern Chukchi Sea from moored ice-profiling sonar. Journal of Glaciology,63, 888-898, doi:10.1017/jog.2017.56.
• Nihashi, S., K. I. Ohshima, S. Saitoh (2017)
  Sea-ice production in the northern Japan Sea. Deep-Sea Research I,127, 65-76, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2017.08.003.
• Nihashi, S., K. I. Ohshima, T. Tamura (2017)
  Sea-ice production in Antarctic coastal polynyas estimated from AMSR2 data and its validation using AMSR-E and SSM/I-SSMIS data. IEEE J. Sel. Topics Appl. Earth Observ. Remote Sens.,10(9), 3912-3922, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2731995.
• K. I. Ohshima, D. Simizu, N. Ebuchi, S. Morishima, H. Kashiwase (2017)
  Volume, heat, and salt transports through the Soya Strait and their seasonal and interannual variations. Journal of Physical Oceanography,47, 999-1019, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-16-0210.1.
• Itoh, M., K. I. Ohshima, , Y. Fukamachi, G. Mizuta, Y. Kusumoto, J. Nishioka (2017)
  Observations of frazil ice formation and upward sediment transport in the Sea of Okhotsk. - A possible mechanism of iron supply to sea ice -. Journal of Geophysical Research,122, 788-802, doi:10.1002/2016JC012198.
• Shimada, K., S. Aoki, K. I. Ohshima (2016)
  Creation of a gridded dataset for the Southern Ocean with a topographic constraint scheme. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34, 511-532, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0075.
• Williams, G. D., L. Herraiz-Borreguero, F. Roquet, T. Tamura, K. I. Ohshima, Y. Fukamachi, A. D. Fraser, L. Gao, H. Chen, C. R. McMahon, R. Harcourt and M. Hindell (2016)
  The suppression of Antarctic Bottom Water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay. Nature Communincations, 7:12577, doi:10.1038/ncomms12577. [Open Access]
• Jones, J., H. Eicken, A. Mahoney, Rohith MV, C. Kambhamettu, Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, J. C. George (2016)
  Landfast sea ice breakouts: Stabilizing ice features, oceanic and atmospheric forcing at Barrow, Alaska. Continental Shelf Research,126, 50-63, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2016.07.015.
• Ohshima, K. I., S. Nihashi, and K. Iwamoto (2016)
  Global view of sea-ice production in polynyas and its linkage to dense/bottom water formation. Geoscience Letters, 3:13, doi:10.1002/2015JC011537.
• Tamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, A. D. Fraser, and G. D. Williams (2016)
  Sea ice production variability in Antarctic coastal polynyas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 2967-2979, doi:10.1002/2015JC011537.
• Hirano, D., Y. Fukamachi, E. Watanabe, K. I. Ohshima, K. Iwamoto, A. R. Mahoney, H. Eicken, D. Simizu, and T. Tamura (2016)
  A wind-driven, hybrid latent and sensible heat coastal polynya off Barrow, Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, 980-997, doi:10.1002/2015JC011318.
• Sugimoto, F., T. Tamura, H. Shimoda, S. Uto, D. Simizu, K. Tateyama, S. Hoshino, T. Ozeki, Y. Fukamachi, S. Ushio, K. and K. I. Ohshima (2016)
  Interannual variability of sea-ice thickness in the pack-ice zone off Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica. Polar Science, 10, 43-51.
• Nakata, K., K. I. Ohshima, S. Nihashi, N. Kimura, and T. Tamura (2015)
  Variability and ice production budget in the Ross Ice Shelf Polynya based on a simplified polynya model and satellite observations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 6234-6252, doi:10.1002/2015JC010894.
• Nihashi, S., and K. I. Ohshima (2015)
  Circumpolar mapping of Antarctic coastal polynyas and landfast sea ice: relationship and variability. Journal of Climate, 28, 3650-3670, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00369.
• Tamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, J. L. Lieser, T. Toyota, K. Tateyama, D. Nomura, K. Nakata, A. D. Fraser, P. W. Jansen, K. B. Newbery, R. A. Massom, and S. Ushio (2015)
  Helicopter-borne observations with portable microwave radiometer in the Southern Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk. Annals of Glaciology, 56(69), doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A621.
• Itoh, M., R. S. Pickart, T. Kikuchi, Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, D. Simizu, K. R. Arrigo, S. Vagle, J. He, C. Ashjian, J. T. Mathis, S. Nishino and C. Nobre (2015)
  Water properties, heat and volume fluxes of Pacific water in Barrow Canyon during summer 2010. Deep-Sea Research I, 102, 43-54, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.04.004.
• Matsumura, Y., and K. I. Ohshima (2015)
  Lagrangian modelling of frazil ice in the ocean. Annals of Glaciology, 56(69), doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A657.
• Mahoney, A. R., H. Eicken, Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, D. Simizu, C. Kambhamettu, Rohith, M.V., S. Hendricks, and J. Jones (2015)
  Both sides of the ice: comparison of ice thickness and velocity from moored, airborne and shore-based instruments near Barrow, Alaska. Annals of Glaciology, 56(69), 363-372, doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A565.
• Hirano, D., Y. Kitade, K. I. Ohshima, and Y. Fukamachi (2015)
  The role of turbulent mixing in the modified Shelf Water overflows that produce Cape Darnley Bottom Water. Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 910-922, doi:10.1002/2014JC010059.
• Ito, M., K. I. Ohshima, Y. Fukamachi, D. Simizu, K. Iwamoto, Y. Matsumura, A. R. Mahoney, and H. Eicken (2015)
  Observations of supercooled water and frazil ice formation in an Arctic coastal polynya from moorings and satellite imagery. Annals of Glaciology, 56(69), 307-314, doi:10.3189/2015AoG69A839.
• Nakanowatari, T., H. Mitsudera, T. Motoi, I. Ishikawa, K. I. Ohshima, and M. Wakatsuchi (2015)
  Multidecadal-scale freshening at the salinity minimum in the western part of North Pacific: Importance of wind-driven cross-gyre transport of subarctic water to the subtropical gyre. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, 988-1008, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-13-0274.1.
• Nakanowatari, T., T. Nakamura, K. Uchimoto, H. Uehara, H. Mitsudera, K. I. Ohshima, H. Hasumi, and M. Wakatsuchi (2015)
  Causes of the multidecadal-scale warming of the intermediate water in the Okhotsk Sea and western subarctic North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 28, 714-736, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00172.1.
• Nakayama, Y., K. I. Ohshima, Y. Matsumura, Y. Fukamachi, and H. Hasumi (2014)
  A numerical investigation of formation and variability of Antarctic Bottom Water off Cape Darnley, East Antarctica. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 2921-2937, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0069.1.
• Kusahara, K. and K. I. Ohshima (2014)
  Kelvin Waves around Antarctica. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 2909-2920, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0051.1.
• Iwamoto, K., K. I. Ohshima, and T. Tamura (2014)
  Improved mapping of sea ice production in the Arctic Ocean using AMSR-E thin ice thickness algorithm. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 3574-3594, doi:10.1002/2013JC009749.
• Kitade, Y., K. Shimada, T. Tamura, G. D. Williams, S. Aoki, Y. Fukamachi, F. Roquet, M. Hindell, S. Ushio, K. I. Ohshima (2014)
  Antarctic Bottom Water production from the Vincennes Bay Polynya, East Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 3528-3534, doi:10.1002/2014GL059971.
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Nakanowatari, S. Riser, Y. Volkov, and M. Wakatsuchi (2014)
  Freshening and dense shelf water reduction in the Okhotsk Sea linked with sea ice decline. Progress in Oceanography, 126, 71-79, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.020.
• Nakanowatari, T. and K. I. Ohshima (2014)
  Coherent sea level variation in and around the Sea of Okhotsk Progress in Oceanography, 126, 58-70, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.05.009.
• Kashiwase, H., K. I. Ohshima, and S. Nihashi (2014)
  Long-term variation in sea ice production and its relation to the intermediate water in the Sea of Okhotsk. Progress in Oceanography, 126, 21-32, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.05.004.
• Simizu, D., K. I. Ohshima, J. Ono, Y. Fukamachi, G. Mizuta (2014)
  What drives the southward drift of sea ice in the Sea of Okhotsk? Progress in Oceanography, 126, 33-43, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.05.013.
• Yagi, M., I. Yasuda, T. Tanaka, Y. Tanaka, K. Ono, K. I. Ohshima, K. Katsumata (2014)
  Re-evaluation of turbulent mixing vertical structure in the Bussol' Strait and its impact on water masses in the Okhotsk Sea and the North Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 126, 121-134, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2014.04.023.
• Ohshima, K. I., Y. Fukamachi, G. D. Williams, S. Nihashi, F. Roquet, Y. Kitade, T. Tamura, D. Hirano, L. Herraiz-Borreguero, I. Field, M. Hindell, S. Aoki and M. Wakatsuchi (2013)
  Antarctic Bottom Water production by intense sea-ice formation in the Cape Darnley Polynya. Nature Geoscience, 6, doi:10.1038/ngeo1738, 235-240.
• Aoki, S., Y. Kitade, K. Shimada, K. I. Ohshima, T. Tamura, C. C. Bajish, M. Moteki, and S. R. Rintoul (2013)
  Widespread freshening in the seasonal ice zone near 140E off the Adelie Land Coast, Antarctica, from 1994 to 2012. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 6046-6063, doi:10.1002/2013JC009009.
• Ono, K., K. I. Ohshima, T. Kono, K. Katsumata, I. Yasuda and M. Wakatsuchi (2013)
  Distribution of vertical diffusivity in the Bussol' Strait: a mixing hot spot in the North Pacific. Deep Sea Research I, 79, 62-73, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.010.
• Ono, J., K. I. Ohshima, K. Uchimoto, N. Ebuchi, H. Mitsudera, and H. Yamaguchi (2013)
  Particle-tracking simulation for the drift/diffusion of spilled oil in the Sea of Okhotsk with a three-dimensional/high-resolution model. Journal of Oceanography, 69, 413-428, doi:10.1007/s10872-013-0182-8.
• Iwamoto, K., K. I. Ohshima, T. Tamura, and S. Nihashi (2013)
  Estimation of thin ice t hickness from AMSR-E data in the Chukchi Sea. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34, 468-489.
• Tamura, T., G. D. Williams, A. D. Fraser and K. I. Ohshima (2012)
  Potential regime shift in decreased sea ice production after the Mertz Glacier calving, Nature Communications, 3:826, doi:10.1038/ncomms1820. [Open Access]
• Nakazawa, N., J. Ono, H. Yamaguchi, K. I. Ohshima, A. Kurokawa (2012)
  Numerical prediction of spilled oil behavior under sea ice conditions: Modification of the 2011 Model.
  Offshore Technology Conference, No. OTC23801,doi:10.4043/23801-MS.
• Shimada, K., S. Aoki, K. I. Ohshima, S. R. Rintoul (2012) Influence of Ross Sea Bottom Water changes on the warming and freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water in the Australian-Antarctic Basin, Ocean Science Discussion, 8, 419-432, doi:10.5194/os-8-419-2012.
• Petrich C., H. Eicken, J. Zhang, J. Krieger, Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima (2012)
  Coastal landfast sea ice decay and breakup in northern Alaska: Key processes and seasonal pred iction. Journal of Geophysical Research. 117, C02003, doi:10.1029/2011JC007339.
• Nihashi, S., K. I. Ohshima, and N. Kimura (2012)
  Creation of a heat and salt flux dataset associated with sea-ice production and melting in the Sea of Okhotsk, Journal of Climate, 25(7), 2261-2278, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00022.1.
• Nakayama, Y., K. I. Ohshima, and Y. Fukamachi (2012)
  Enhancement of sea-ice drift due to the dynamical interaction between sea ice and a coastal ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 179-192.
• Tamura, T. and K. I. Ohshima (2011)
  Mapping of sea ice production in the Arctic coastal polynyas, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C07030, doi:10.1029/2010JC006586. (Research Spotlight: Highlighting exciting new research from AGU journals)
• Nihashi, S., K. I. Ohshima, and H. Nakasato (2011)
  Sea-ice retreat in the Sea of Okhotsk and the ice-ocean albedo feedback effect on it, Journal of Oceanography, 67, doi:10.1007/s10872-011-0056-x.
• 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 Letter on the Atmosphere, 7, 17-20, doi:10.2151/sola.2011-005.
• Fukamachi, Y., K. I. Ohshima, Y. Mukai, G. Mizuta, and M. Wakatsuchi (2011)
  Sea-ice drift characteristics revealed by measurement of acoustic Doppler current profiler and ice-profiling sonar off Hokkaido in the Sea of Okhotsk. Annals of Glaciology, 57, 1-8.
• Toyota, T., S. Ono, K. Cho, and K. I. Ohshima (2011)
  Retrieval of sea-ice thickness distribution in the Sea of Okhotsk from ALOS/PALSAR backscatter data. Annals of Glaciology, 57, 177-184.
• Yamaguchi, H., K. I. Ohshima and N. Nakazawa (2011)
  Numerical prediction of spilled oil behavior in the Sea of Okhotsk under sea ice conditions
  Offshore Technology Conference, No. OTC22123, doi:10.4043/22123-MS.
• Nakanowatari, T., K. I. Ohshima, and S. Nagai (2010)
  What determines the maximum sea ice extent in the Sea of Okhotsk?: Importance of ocean thermal condition from the Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C12031, doi:10.1029/2009JC006070.
• Kawaguchi, Y., S. Nihashi, H. Mitsudera, and K. I. Ohshima (2010)
  Formation mechanism of huge coastal polynyas and its application to Okhotsk Northwestern Polynya. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(11), 2451-2465.
• Fukamachi, Y., K. I. Ohshima, N. Ebuchi, T. Bando, K. Ono, and M. Sano (2010)
  Volume transport in the Soya Strait during 2006-2008. Journal of Oceanography, 66(5), 685-696.
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Nakanowatari, S. Riser, and M. Wakatsuchi (2010)
  Seasonal variation in the in- and outflow of the Okhotsk Sea with the North Pacific. Deep Sea Research II, 57, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.12.012, 1247-1256.
• Nakanowatari, T., H. Mitsudera, T. Motoi, K. I. Ohshima, and I. Ishikawa (2010)
  50-yr scale cooling in North Pacific Intermediate Water simulated by eddy resolving ice-ocean coupled model. Umi to Sora, 85, 141-150.
• Ono, J. and K. I. Ohshima (2009)
  Numerical model studies on generation and dissipation of the diurnal coastal-trapped waves over the Sakkalin shelf in the Sea of Okhotsk. Continental Shelf Research, 30, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.06.006, 588-597.
• Nihashi, S., K. I. Ohshima, T. Tamura, Y. Fukamachi, and S. Saitoh (2009)
  Thickness and production of sea ice in the Okhotsk Sea coastal polynyas from AMSR-E. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C10025, doi:10.1029/2008JC005222.
• Ishida, K. and K. I. Ohshima (2009)
  Ice band characteristics of Antarctic seasonal ice zone observed using MOS MESSR images. Atomosphere-Ocean, 47, doi:10.3137/OC300.2009, 169-183.
• Toyota, T., K. Nakamura, S. Uto, K. I. Ohshima, and N. Ebuchi (2009)
  Retrieval of sea ice thickness distribution in the seasonal ice zone from air-borne L-band SAR. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30, 3171-3189.
• Fukamachi, Y., K. Shirasawa, A. M. Polomoshnov, K. I. Ohshima, E. Kalinin, S. Nihashi, H. Melling, G. Mizuta, M. Wakatsuchia (2009)
  Direct observations of sea-ice thickness and brine rejection off Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk, Continental Shelf Research, 1541-1548.
• Kusahara, K. and K. I. Ohshima (2009)
  Dynamics of the wind-driven sea level variation around Antarctica. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 658-674.
• Ebuchi, N., Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, and M. Wakatsuchi (2009)
  Subinertial and seasonal variations in the Soya Warm Current revealed by HF ocean radars, coastal tide gauges, and bottom-mounted ADCP. Journal of Oceanography, 65, 31-43.
• Tamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, and S. Nihashi (2008)
  Mapping of sea ice production for Antarctic coastal polynyas,
  Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L07606, doi:10.1029/2007GL032903.
• Nihashi, S. and K. I. Ohshima (2008)
  Bulk heat transfer coefficient in the ice-upper ocean system in the ice melt season derived from concentration-temperature relationship,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, C06008, doi:10.1029/2007JC004127.
• Fukamachi, Y., I. Tanaka, K. I. Ohshima, N. Ebuchi, G. Mizuta, H. Yoshida, S. Takayanagi, M. Wakatsuchi (2008)
  Voume transport of the Soya Warm Current revealed by bottom-mounted ADCP and ocean-radar measurement.
  Journal of Oceanography, 64(3), 385-392.
• Ono, J., K. I. Ohshima, G. Mizuta, Y. Fukamachi, and M. Wakatsuchi (2008)
  Diurnal coastal-trapped waves on the eastern shelf of Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk and their modification by sea ice.
  Continental Shelf Research, 28, 697-709.
• Ohshima, K. I. and D. Simizu (2008)
  Particle tracking experiments on a model of the Okhotsk Sea: toward oil spill simulation.
  Journal of Oceanography, 64, 103-114.
• Ohshima, K. I., J. Ono, and D. Simizu (2008)
  Particle tracking experimemnts for drifting materials on a model of the Sea of Okhotsk.
  Bulletin on Coastal Oceanography, 45, 115-124.
• Toyota, T., K. I. Ohshima, N. Ebuchi, K. Nakamura, and S. Uto (2007)
  Retrieval of ice thickness distribution in the seasonal ice zone from L-band SAR.
  Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2007, Barcelona.
• 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.
  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24, 1757-1772.
• Nakanowatari T., K. I. Ohshima, M. Wakatsuchi (2007)
  Warming and oxygen decrease of intermediate water in the northwestern North Pacific,
  originating from the Sea of Okhotsk, 1955-2004.
  Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L04602, doi:10.1029/2006GL028243.
• Toyota, T., S. Takatsuji, K. Tateyama, K. Naoki, and K. I. Ohshima (2007)
  Properties of sea ice and overlying snow in the southern Sea of Okhotsk.
  Journal of Oceanography, 63, 393-411.
• Ono, K., K. I. Ohshima, T. Kono, M. Itoh, K. Katsumata, Y. N. Volkov, and M. Wakatsuchi (2007)
  Water mass exchange and diapycnal mixing at Bussol' Strait revealed by water mass properties.
  Journal of Oceanography, 63, 281-291.
• Tamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, H. Enomoto, K. Tateyama, A. Muto, S. Ushio, and R. A. Massom (2006)
  Estimation of thin sea-ice thickness from NOAA AVHRR data in a polynya off the Wilkes Land coast, East Antarctica.
  Annals of Glaciology, 44, 269-274.
• Ohshima, K. I., S. Nihashi, E. Hashiya, and T. Watanabe（2006)
  Interannual variability of sea ice area in the Sea of Okhotsk: Importance of surface heat flux in fall.
  J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 907-919.
• Fukamachi, Y., G. Mizuta, K. I. Ohshima, T. Toyota, N. Kimura, and M. Wakatsuchi (2006)
  Sea-ice thickness in the southwestern Sea of Okhotsk revealed by a moored ice-profiling sonar,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C09018, doi:10.1029/2005JC003327. 　
• Simizu, D. and K. I. Ohshima (2006)
  A model simulation on the circulation in the Sea of Okhotsk and the East Sakhalin Current,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C05016, doi:10.1029/2005JC002980 　
• Ono, J., K. I. Ohshima, G. Mizuta, Y. Fukamachi, and M. Wakatsuch (2006)
  Amplification of diurnal tides over Kashevarov Bank in the Sea of Okhotsk and its impact on water mixing and sea ice,
  Deep Sea Research, 53, 409-424. 　
• Ebuchi, N., Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, K. Shirasawa, M. Ishikawa, T. Takatsuka, T. Daibo and
  M. Wakatsuchi (2006)
  Observation of the Soya Warm Current using HF Ocean Radar,
  Journal of Oceanography, 62, 47-61. 　
• Mizuta, G., K. I. Ohshima, Y. Fukamachi, and M. Wakatsuchi (2005)
  The variability of the East Sakhalin Current induced by winds over the continental shelf and slope,
  Journal of Marine Research, 63, 1017-1039. 　
• Shimada, Y., A. Kubokawa, and K. I. Ohshima (2005)
  The influence ofcurrent width variation on the annual mean transport of the East Sakhalin Current:A simple model,
  Journal of Oceanography, 61, 913-920.
• Ohshima, K. I., M. Wakatsuchi, and S. Saitoh, (2005)
  Velocity field of the Oyashio region observed with satellite-tracked surface drifters during 1999-2000,
  Journal of Oceanography, 61, 845-855.
• Ohshima, K. I., S. C. Riser, and M. Wakatsuchi (2005)
  Mixed layer evolution in the Sea of Okhotsk observed with profiling floats and its relation to sea ice formation,
  Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L06607, doi:10.1029/2004GL021823.
• Ohshima, K. I. and S. Nihashi (2005)
  A simplified ice-ocean coupled model for the Antarctic ice melt season,
  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 188-201.  [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I., Y. Fukamachi, T. Mutoh, and M. Wakatsuchi (2005)
  A generation mechanism for mesoscale eddies in the Kuril Basin of the Okhotsk Sea : baroclinic instability caused by the enhanced tidal mixing,
  Journal of Oceanography, 61, 247-260.  [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Tamura, and S. Nihashi  (2005)
  Detection of coastal polynyas and ice production in the Antarctic and Okhotsk Seas from SSM/I.
  Proceedings of IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 2005, Seoul, Korea, 2652-2655.
• Nihashi, S., K. I. Ohshima, M. O. Jeffries, and T. Kawamura (2005)
  Sea-ice melting processes inferred from ice-upper ocean relationships in the Ross Sea, Antarctica,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C02002, doi:10.1029/2003JC002235.
• Ohshima, K. I., D. Simizu, M. Itoh, G. Mizuta, Y. Fukamachi, S. C. Riser, and M. Wakatsuchi (2004)
  Sverdrup balance and the cyclonic gyre in the Sea of Okhotsk,
  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, 513-525. [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I., and S. Martin (2004)
  Introduction to special section: Oceanography of the Okhotsk Sea,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C09S01, doi:10.1029/2004JC002604. 
• Katsumata, K., K. I. Ohshima, T. Kono, M. Itoh, I. Yasuda, Y. Volkov, and M. Wakatsuchi (2004)
  Water exchange and tidal currents through the Bussol Strait revealed by direct current measurements,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C09S06, doi:10.1029/2003JC001864.
• Fukamachi, Y., G. Mizuta, K. I. Ohshima, L. D. Talley, S. Riser, and M. Wakatsuchi (2004)
  Transport and modification processes of dense shelf water revealed by long-term moorings off Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C09S10, doi:10.1029/2003JC001906.
• Toyota, T. T. Kawamura, K. I. Ohshima, H. Shimoda, and M. Wakatsuchi (2004)
  Thickness Distribution, Texture and Stratigraphy, and a simple probabilistic Model for Dynamical Thickening of Sea Ice in the Southern Sea of Okhotsk,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C06001, doi: 10.1029/2003JC002090.  [Abstract]
• Mizuta, G., K. I. Ohshima, Y. Fukamachi, M. Itoh, M. Wakatsuchi (2004)
  Winter mixed layer and its yearly variability under sea ice in the southwestern part of the Sea of Okhotsk,
  Continental Shelf Research, 24, 643-657. [Abstract]
• Kusahara, K., K. I. Ohshima, and K. Katsumata (2003)
  Two layer model of wind-driven circulation in the Antarctic Ocean,
  Polar Meteorol. Glaciol., 17, 36-47.
• Mizuta, G., Y. Fukamachi, K. I. Ohshima, M. Wakatsuchi (2003)
  Structure and seasonal variability of the East Sakhalin Current
  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, 2430--2445. [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Watanabe, and S. Nihashi (2003)
  Surface heat budget of the Sea of Okhotsk during 1987-2001 and the role of sea ice on it,
  J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 653-677. [Abstract]
• Itoh, M., K. I. Ohshima, and M. Wakatsuchi (2003)
  Distribution and formation of Okhotsk Sea Intermediate Water: An analysis of isopycnal climatology data,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 3258, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001590. [Abstract]
• Fukamachi, Y., G. Mizuta, K. I. Ohshima, H. Melling, D. Fissel and M. Wakatsuchi (2003)
  Variability of sea-ice draft off Hokkaido in the Sea of Okhotsk revealed by a moored ice-profiling sonar in winter of 1999,
  Geophysical Research Letters, 30, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016197.
• Toyota, T., K. Baba, E. Hashiya, and K. I. Ohshima (2002)
  In-situ ice and meteorological observations in the southern Sea of Okhotsk in 2001 winter: ice structure, snow on ice, surface temperature, and optical environments,
  Polar Meteorol. Glaciol., 16, 116-132�D
• Ohshima, K. I., M. Wakatsuchi, Y. Fukamachi, and G. Mizuta (2002)
  Near-surface circulation and tidal currents of the Okhotsk Sea observed with satellite-tracked drifters,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 3195, doi:10.1029/2001JC001005. [Abstract]
• Simizu, D. and K. I. Ohshima (2002)
  Barotropic response of the Sea of Okhotsk to wind forcing,
  Journal of Oceanography, 58, 851-860.
• Nihashi S. and K. I. Ohshima (2001)
  Relationship between the sea ice cover in the retreat and advance seasons in the Antarctic Ocean.
  Geophysical Research Letter, 28, 3677-3680.
• Nihashi, S. and K. I. Ohshima (2001)
  Relationship between ice decay and solar heating through open water in the Antarctic sea-ice zone,
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 16767-16782.
• Ohshima, K. I., G. Mizuta, M. Itoh, Y. Fukamachi, M. Wakatsuchi, T. Watanabe, Y. Nabae, and K. Suehiro (2001)
  Winter oceanographic conditions in the southwestern part of the Okhotsk Sea and their relation to sea ice,
  J. Oceanogr., 57, 451-460. [Abstract]
• Itoh, M. and K. I. Ohshima (2000)
  Seasonal variations of water masses and sea level in the southwestern part of the Okhotsk Sea,
  J. Oceanogr., 56, 643-654. [Abstract]
• Inoue, J., M. Kawashima, K. I. Ohshima, Y. Fujiyoshi, and K. Maruyama (2000)
  Wind fields over Funka Bay and their effect on water circulation in the bay,
  J. Oceanogr., 56, 507-515. [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Kawamura, T. Takizawa, S. Ushio, and T. Miyakawa (2000)
  Current variability under landfast sea ice in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 17,121-17,132. [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I. (2000)
  Effect of landfast sea ice on coastal currents driven by the wind.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 17,133-17,141. [Abstract]
• Ushio, S., T. Takizawa, K. I. Ohshima, T. Kawamura (1999)
  Ice production and deep-water entrainment in shelf break polynya off Enderby Land, Antarctica.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 29,771-29,780.
• Toyota, T., J. Ukita, K. I. Ohshima, M. Wakatsuchi, K. Muramoto (1999)
  A measurement of sea ice albedo over the southwestern Okhotsk Sea.
  J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 117-133.
• Ishida, K., K. I. Ohshima, T. Yamanouchi, and H. Kanzawa (1999)
  MOS-1/1b MESSR observations of the Antarctic sea ice: ice bands and ice streamers.
  Journal of Oceanography, 55, 417-426. [Abstract]
• Fukamachi, Y., K. I. Ohshima, and T. Ishikawa (1998)
  Mesoscale ice features in the summer Marginal Ice Zone off East Queen Maud Land observed from NOAA AVHRR imagery,
  Antarct. Res. Ser. 74, Antarctic Physical Processes, Interactions and Variability, edited by M.O. Jeffries, AGU, Washington, D.C., 317-324.
• Ohshima, K. I., K. Yoshida, H. Shimoda, M. Wakatsuchi, T. Endoh, and M.Fukuchi, (1998)
  Relationship between the upper ocean and sea ice during the Antarctic melting season.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 7601-7616. [Abstract]
• Kawamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, T. Takizawa, and S. Ushio (1997)
  Physical, structural, and isotopic characteristics and growth processes of fast sea ice in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 3345-3355.
• Ishikawa, T., J. Ukita, K. I. Ohshima, M. Wakatsuchi, T. Yamanouchi,and N.Ono (1996)
  Coastal polynyas off East Queen Maud Land observed from NOAA AVHRR data.
  Journal of Oceanography, 52, 389-398. [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Takizawa, S. Ushio, and T. Kawamura (1996)
  Seasonal variations of the Antarctic coastal ocean in the vicinity of Lutzow-Holm Bay.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 20617-20628. [Abstract]
• Takizawa, T., K. I. Ohshima, S. Ushio, T. Kawamura and H. Enomoto (1994)
  Temperature structure and characteristics appearing on SSM/I images of the Cosmonaut Sea, Antarctica.
  Annals of Glaciology, 19, 298-306.
• Wakatsuchi, M., K. I. Ohshima, M. Hishida, and M. Naganobu (1994)
  Observation of a street of cyclonic eddies in the Indian Ocean sector of the Antarctic Divergence.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 20,417-20,426.
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Kawamura, T. Takizawa, and S. Ushio (1994)
  Step-like structure in temperature and salinity profiles, observed near icebergs trapped by fast ice, Antarctica.
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol.50, 365-372. [Abstract]
• Ohshima, K. I. (1994)
  The flow system in the Japan Sea caused by a sea-level difference through shallow straits.
  Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol.99, 9925-9940 [Abstract]
• Kawamura, T., K. I. Ohshima, S. Ushio and T. Takizawa (1993)
  Sea ice growth in the Ongul Strait, Antarctica.
  Annals of Glaciology, Vol.18, 97-101
• Ohshima, K. I., T. Kawamura, T. Takizawa,, S. Ushio, N. Ono and S. Kawaguchi (1993)
  Seasonal variations in ocean structure and current in Ongul Strait, Antarctica, 1991.
  Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology, Vol.7, 51-59
• Takizawa, T., S. Ushio, T. Kawamura, K. I. Ohshima, N. Ono and S. Kawaguchi (1992)
  Preliminary results of hydrography under fast ice in Lutzow-Holm Bay.
  Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology, Vol.6, 106-125
• Ohshima, K. I., N. Ono, T. Takizawa and S. Ushio (1991)
  A note on water exchange under fast ice in Lutzow-Holm Bay, Antarctica.
  Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology, Vol.4, 74-80
• Ohshima, K. I., H. Miyake (1990)
  A numerical study of wind-induced circulation off southern coast of Hokkaido and in Funka Bay.
  Umi to Sora, 66, 53-66
• Wakatsuchi, M. and K. I. Ohshima (1990)
  Observations of ice-ocean eddy streets in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Hokkaido coast using radar images.
  Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol.20, 585-594
• Ohshima, K. I. and M. Wakatsuchi (1990)
  A numerical study of barotropic instability associated with the Soya Warm Current in the Sea of Okhotsk.
  Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol.20, 570-58
• Ohshima, K. I. (1987)
  On the stability of the Soya Warm Current.
  Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, Vol.43, 61-67
• Ohshima, K. I. (1987)
  Stability of a barotropic jet on a sloping bottom.
  Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, Vol.43, 49-60