Warming Climate-Induced Changes in Lithuanian River Ice Phenology
Due to rising surface air temperatures, river ice is shrinking dramatically in the Northern Hemisphere. Ice cover during the cold season causes fundamental changes in river ecosystems and has important implications for nearby communities and industries. Changes caused by climate warming, therefore,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bad8cd84c661409fb1e05794797883d9 2024-02-27T08:38:16+00:00 Warming Climate-Induced Changes in Lithuanian River Ice Phenology Diana Šarauskienė Darius Jakimavičius Aldona Jurgelėnaitė Jūratė Kriaučiūnienė 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020725 https://doaj.org/article/bad8cd84c661409fb1e05794797883d9 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/2/725 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050 doi:10.3390/su16020725 2071-1050 https://doaj.org/article/bad8cd84c661409fb1e05794797883d9 Sustainability, Vol 16, Iss 2, p 725 (2024) river ice phenology climate change teleconnection patterns Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/su16020725 2024-01-28T01:37:20Z Due to rising surface air temperatures, river ice is shrinking dramatically in the Northern Hemisphere. Ice cover during the cold season causes fundamental changes in river ecosystems and has important implications for nearby communities and industries. Changes caused by climate warming, therefore, affect the sustainability of key resources, livelihoods, and traditional practices. Thus far, too little attention has been paid to research into the phenomenon of river ice in the Baltic States. Since the observational data of the last sixty years are currently available, we took advantage of the unique opportunity to assess ice regime changes in the gauged rivers by comparing two climatological standard normals. By applying statistical methods (Mann–Kendall, Pettitt, SNHT, Buishand, von Neumann, and Wilcoxon rank sum tests), this study determined drastic changes in ice phenology parameters (freeze-up date, ice break-up date, and ice cover duration) of Lithuanian rivers in the last thirty-year period. The dependence of the selected parameters on local climatic factors and large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns was identified. It was established that the sum of negative air temperatures, as well as the North Atlantic Oscillation, East Atlantic, and Arctic Oscillation indices, have the greatest influence on the ice regime of Lithuanian rivers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Kendall ENVELOPE(-59.828,-59.828,-63.497,-63.497) Sustainability 16 2 725 |
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Due to rising surface air temperatures, river ice is shrinking dramatically in the Northern Hemisphere. Ice cover during the cold season causes fundamental changes in river ecosystems and has important implications for nearby communities and industries. Changes caused by climate warming, therefore, affect the sustainability of key resources, livelihoods, and traditional practices. Thus far, too little attention has been paid to research into the phenomenon of river ice in the Baltic States. Since the observational data of the last sixty years are currently available, we took advantage of the unique opportunity to assess ice regime changes in the gauged rivers by comparing two climatological standard normals. By applying statistical methods (Mann–Kendall, Pettitt, SNHT, Buishand, von Neumann, and Wilcoxon rank sum tests), this study determined drastic changes in ice phenology parameters (freeze-up date, ice break-up date, and ice cover duration) of Lithuanian rivers in the last thirty-year period. The dependence of the selected parameters on local climatic factors and large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns was identified. It was established that the sum of negative air temperatures, as well as the North Atlantic Oscillation, East Atlantic, and Arctic Oscillation indices, have the greatest influence on the ice regime of Lithuanian rivers. |
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