Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005
At high latitudes and altitudes one of the main controls on hydrological and biogeochemical processes is the breakup and freeze-up of lake and river ice. This study uses 3510 time series from across 678 Northern Hemisphere lakes and rivers to explore historical patterns in lake and river ice phenolo...
Published in: | The Cryosphere |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Copernicus Publications
2021
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021 https://doaj.org/article/6f219fb754684d2c8d164ff84fdacef5 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6f219fb754684d2c8d164ff84fdacef5 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6f219fb754684d2c8d164ff84fdacef5 2023-05-15T18:32:28+02:00 Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 A. M. W. Newton D. J. Mullan 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021 https://doaj.org/article/6f219fb754684d2c8d164ff84fdacef5 EN eng Copernicus Publications https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/2211/2021/tc-15-2211-2021.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1994-0416 https://doaj.org/toc/1994-0424 doi:10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021 1994-0416 1994-0424 https://doaj.org/article/6f219fb754684d2c8d164ff84fdacef5 The Cryosphere, Vol 15, Pp 2211-2234 (2021) Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021 2022-12-31T09:13:35Z At high latitudes and altitudes one of the main controls on hydrological and biogeochemical processes is the breakup and freeze-up of lake and river ice. This study uses 3510 time series from across 678 Northern Hemisphere lakes and rivers to explore historical patterns in lake and river ice phenology across five overlapping time periods (1931–1960, 1946–1975, 1961–1990, 1976–2005, and 1931–2005). These time series show that the number of annual open-water days increased by 0.63 d per decade from 1931–2005 across the Northern Hemisphere, with trends for breakup and, to a lesser extent, freeze-up closely correlating with regionally averaged temperature. Breakup and freeze-up trends display a spatiotemporally complex evolution and reveal considerable caveats with interpreting the implications of ice phenology changes at lake and river sites that may only have breakup or freeze-up data, rather than both. These results provide an important contribution by showing regional variation in ice phenology trends through time that can be hidden by longer-term trends. The overlapping 30-year time periods also show evidence for an acceleration in warming trends through time. Understanding the changes on both long- and short-term timescales will be important for determining the causes of this change, the underlying biogeochemical processes associated with it, and the wider climatological significance as global temperatures rise. Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles The Cryosphere 15 5 2211 2234 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 |
spellingShingle |
Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 A. M. W. Newton D. J. Mullan Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 |
topic_facet |
Environmental sciences GE1-350 Geology QE1-996.5 |
description |
At high latitudes and altitudes one of the main controls on hydrological and biogeochemical processes is the breakup and freeze-up of lake and river ice. This study uses 3510 time series from across 678 Northern Hemisphere lakes and rivers to explore historical patterns in lake and river ice phenology across five overlapping time periods (1931–1960, 1946–1975, 1961–1990, 1976–2005, and 1931–2005). These time series show that the number of annual open-water days increased by 0.63 d per decade from 1931–2005 across the Northern Hemisphere, with trends for breakup and, to a lesser extent, freeze-up closely correlating with regionally averaged temperature. Breakup and freeze-up trends display a spatiotemporally complex evolution and reveal considerable caveats with interpreting the implications of ice phenology changes at lake and river sites that may only have breakup or freeze-up data, rather than both. These results provide an important contribution by showing regional variation in ice phenology trends through time that can be hidden by longer-term trends. The overlapping 30-year time periods also show evidence for an acceleration in warming trends through time. Understanding the changes on both long- and short-term timescales will be important for determining the causes of this change, the underlying biogeochemical processes associated with it, and the wider climatological significance as global temperatures rise. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
A. M. W. Newton D. J. Mullan |
author_facet |
A. M. W. Newton D. J. Mullan |
author_sort |
A. M. W. Newton |
title |
Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 |
title_short |
Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 |
title_full |
Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 |
title_fullStr |
Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 |
title_full_unstemmed |
Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 |
title_sort |
climate change and northern hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005 |
publisher |
Copernicus Publications |
publishDate |
2021 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021 https://doaj.org/article/6f219fb754684d2c8d164ff84fdacef5 |
genre |
The Cryosphere |
genre_facet |
The Cryosphere |
op_source |
The Cryosphere, Vol 15, Pp 2211-2234 (2021) |
op_relation |
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/2211/2021/tc-15-2211-2021.pdf https://doaj.org/toc/1994-0416 https://doaj.org/toc/1994-0424 doi:10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021 1994-0416 1994-0424 https://doaj.org/article/6f219fb754684d2c8d164ff84fdacef5 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2211-2021 |
container_title |
The Cryosphere |
container_volume |
15 |
container_issue |
5 |
container_start_page |
2211 |
op_container_end_page |
2234 |
_version_ |
1766216581843517440 |