Long-term characteristics of ice phenology in Karelian lakes

The statistical relationships between lake ice phenology (freeze and break-up dates, ice duration), air temperature and North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index are analysed for eight lakes in Karelia from 1950 to 2009. Linear trends over this time period are estimated. It is shown that in the last 20...

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Main Authors: Tatiana Efremova, Nikolay Palshin, Roman Zdorovennov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Estonian Academy Publishers 2013-02-01
Series:Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.kirj.ee/public/Estonian_Journal_of_Earth_Sciences/2013/issue_1/earth-2013-1-33-41.pdf