The climate of northern Finland

The North Atlantic in the west and the Asian continent in the east regulate the general features of the climate in northern Finland. Especially in the low areas in the west, the smaller amounts of precipitation are largely due to the Scandic föhn effect. The weather conditions and microclimate in th...

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Main Authors: Autio, Jyrki, Heikkinen, Olavi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Geographical Society of Finland 2002
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Northern Finland
Online Access:https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3764
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spelling fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/3764 2023-05-15T17:30:30+02:00 The climate of northern Finland Autio, Jyrki Heikkinen, Olavi 2002-01-02 application/pdf https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3764 eng eng Geographical Society of Finland https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3764/3555 https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3764 Copyright (c) 2014 Fennia Fennia; Vol 180 Nro 1-2 (2002); 61-66 Fennia - International Journal of Geography; Vol 180 No 1-2 (2002); 61-66 1798-5617 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2002 fttsvojs 2020-09-30T22:46:00Z The North Atlantic in the west and the Asian continent in the east regulate the general features of the climate in northern Finland. Especially in the low areas in the west, the smaller amounts of precipitation are largely due to the Scandic föhn effect. The weather conditions and microclimate in the fells differ from those in the lower areas. Temperature inversion is a common phenomenon on the slopes. Heavy snow loads in the crowns of the trees are a prominent feature of the southern fells and the eastern highlands. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Northern Finland Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online
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description The North Atlantic in the west and the Asian continent in the east regulate the general features of the climate in northern Finland. Especially in the low areas in the west, the smaller amounts of precipitation are largely due to the Scandic föhn effect. The weather conditions and microclimate in the fells differ from those in the lower areas. Temperature inversion is a common phenomenon on the slopes. Heavy snow loads in the crowns of the trees are a prominent feature of the southern fells and the eastern highlands.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Autio, Jyrki
Heikkinen, Olavi
spellingShingle Autio, Jyrki
Heikkinen, Olavi
The climate of northern Finland
author_facet Autio, Jyrki
Heikkinen, Olavi
author_sort Autio, Jyrki
title The climate of northern Finland
title_short The climate of northern Finland
title_full The climate of northern Finland
title_fullStr The climate of northern Finland
title_full_unstemmed The climate of northern Finland
title_sort climate of northern finland
publisher Geographical Society of Finland
publishDate 2002
url https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3764
genre North Atlantic
Northern Finland
genre_facet North Atlantic
Northern Finland
op_source Fennia; Vol 180 Nro 1-2 (2002); 61-66
Fennia - International Journal of Geography; Vol 180 No 1-2 (2002); 61-66
1798-5617
op_relation https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3764/3555
https://fennia.journal.fi/article/view/3764
op_rights Copyright (c) 2014 Fennia
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