Climate change in the western part of the Russian Arctic in 1980–2021. Part 2. Soil temperature, snow, humidity

• Published in: Arctic and Antarctic Research
• Main Authors: I. V. Serykh, A. V. Tolstikov, И. В. Серых, А. В. Толстиков
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Государственный научный центр Российской Федерации Арктический и антарктический научно-исследовательский институт 2022
• Subjects: снежный покров; Arctic atlantification; Barents Sea; climate shift; climate warming; feedbacks; Kara Sea; northwest Russia; permafrost; snow cover; soil moisture content; White Sea; Баренцево море; Белое море; влагосодержание почвы; влажность воздуха; Карское море; климатический сдвиг; многолетняя мерзлота; обратные связи; потепление климата; северо-запад России; Arctic; Merra; Climate change; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: https://www.aaresearch.science/jour/article/view/474; https://doi.org/10.30758/0555-2648-2022-68-4-352-369

Based on average monthly data from the re-analysis of NASA MERRA-2 satellite measurements, the paper explores climatic changes in the temperature of the upper 1.5 meters of soil (TS), the thickness and area of the snow cover (SC), the moisture content of the top layer of soil 1 meter thick (SM) and...