Ice patch

Alternative definitions (3), class: vernacular (0)
Term: Ice patch
Definition: An accumulation of floating ice less than 10 km across in ice-free water or among ice in smaller concentration.  Bushuyev 

An area of pack ice less than 6 n mi (10 kin) across.  WMOSeaIce 

Sea ice terminology, meaning an area of ice which is less than 10 km across.  ECCCanada 

 GCW 
Created 2017.06.06
Last Modified 2022.03.08
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