Simulated heat storage in a perennially ice-covered high Arctic lake: Sensitivity to climate change

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Vincent, A.C. (Aaron C.), Mueller, D. (Derek), Vincent, W.F. (Warwick F.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Lake; Ellesmere Island; Climate change
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/25920; https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JC004360

Perennially ice-covered, meromictic lakes occur along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic and have distinctive conductivity and temperature profiles. They are salinity stratified and have deep thermal maxima that persist throughout the year at temperatures up to 60°C a...