Estimations of Some Components of Ice Conditions in Northeastern Barents Sea

摘要

The most important hydrocarbon fields on the Barents Sea Shelf were discovered in its northeastern part, in the zone of severe climatic conditions. This paper analyzes some components of ice conditions in this zone. These components are necessary for the assessment of ice conditions at the preliminary stage of field exploitation. These are above all stages of ice development (thickness), ice concentration and boundaries of propagation, phases of ice phenomena, as well as ice cover extent—as an integral characteristic of ice conditions in this water area.