Ice break-up on southern Lake Baikal and its relationship to local and regional air temperatures in Siberia and to the North Atlantic Oscillation

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Author: Livingstone, David M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Southern Lake; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1999.44.6.1486

The calendar date of ice break-up on southern Lake Baikal has been recorded uninterruptedly since 1869. A strong trend to earlier thawing up to around 1920 (1 d per 3.3 yr) is followed by the lack of any significant trend thereafter. For the period 1931-1994, the timing of break-up is related to loc...