Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters
Abstract The sea ice regime is considered to be a sensitive indicator of climate change. This study investigates long-term changes in the ice regimes of the Gulf of Riga along the coast of Latvia in comparison with those of inland waters. The ice regime of the studied region indicates the impact of...
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crdegruyter:10.1515/prolas-2016-0059 2024-09-15T18:21:45+00:00 Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters Kļaviņš, Māris Avotniece, Zanita Rodinovs, Valērijs 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2016-0059 http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/prolas/70/6/article-p400.xml https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.1515/prolas-2016-0059 en eng Walter de Gruyter GmbH http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences. volume 70, issue 6, page 400-408 ISSN 1407-009X journal-article 2016 crdegruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/prolas-2016-0059 2024-08-05T04:13:32Z Abstract The sea ice regime is considered to be a sensitive indicator of climate change. This study investigates long-term changes in the ice regimes of the Gulf of Riga along the coast of Latvia in comparison with those of inland waters. The ice regime of the studied region indicates the impact of climate change related to increasing air and sea water temperatures. Ice cover duration on both the sea and inland waters has decreased during recent decades. In addition, long-term records on ice break in the studied region exhibit a pattern of periodic changes in the intensity of ice regime, while trends of the sea ice regime are not consistent between periods of time. Alternating mild and severe winters also occur. The ice regime was shown to be strongly influenced by large-scale atmospheric circulation processes over the North Atlantic, as indicated by close correlation with the North Atlantic Oscillation index. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Sea ice De Gruyter Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B. Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences. 70 6 400 408 |
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Abstract The sea ice regime is considered to be a sensitive indicator of climate change. This study investigates long-term changes in the ice regimes of the Gulf of Riga along the coast of Latvia in comparison with those of inland waters. The ice regime of the studied region indicates the impact of climate change related to increasing air and sea water temperatures. Ice cover duration on both the sea and inland waters has decreased during recent decades. In addition, long-term records on ice break in the studied region exhibit a pattern of periodic changes in the intensity of ice regime, while trends of the sea ice regime are not consistent between periods of time. Alternating mild and severe winters also occur. The ice regime was shown to be strongly influenced by large-scale atmospheric circulation processes over the North Atlantic, as indicated by close correlation with the North Atlantic Oscillation index. |
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Kļaviņš, Māris Avotniece, Zanita Rodinovs, Valērijs Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters |
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Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters |
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Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters |
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Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters |
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Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters |
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Dynamics and Impacting Factors of Ice Regimes in Latvia Inland and Coastal Waters |
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dynamics and impacting factors of ice regimes in latvia inland and coastal waters |
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