Ice cover decay and heat balance in Lake Kilpisjärvi in Arctic tundra

• Published in: Journal of Limnology
• Main Authors: Matti Leppäranta, Elisa Lindgren, Lijuan Wen, Georgiy Kirillin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019
• Subjects: Lake ice; melting; solar radiation; heat budget; light transfer; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Physical geography; GB3-5030; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Kilpisjärvi; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2019.1879; https://doaj.org/article/463ae2d9867f4a999e009717d32b236f

To gain more understanding of lake ice melting process, field research was carried out in an arctic tundra lake, Kilpisjärvi (surface area 37.1 km2, maximum depth 57 m) in the melting periods of 2013 and 2014. The heat budget of the ice cover was dominated by the radiation balance; turbulent heat fl...