Changes in ice-season characteristics of a European Arctic lake from 1964 to 2008

• Main Authors: Ruibo Lei, Matti Leppäranta, Bin Cheng, Petra Heil, Zhijun Li
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Lake; Kilpisjärvi; Climate change; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1007/s10584-012-0489-2

The long-term ice record (from 1964 to 2008) of an Arctic lake in northern Europe (Lake Kilpisjärvi) reveals the response of lake ice to climate change at local and regional scales. Average freeze-up and ice breakup occurred on 9 November and 19 June, respectively. The freeze-up has been significant...