Spatiotemporal distribution of threatened high-latitude snowbed and snow patch habitats in warming climate

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: Kivinen, Sonja, Kaarlejärvi, Elina, Jylha, Kirsti, Raisanen, Jouni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2012
• Subjects: climate warming; high-latitude regions; remote sensing; snow; threatened habitats; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Gam; Northern Finland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-61376; https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034024

We studied the interannual variation of late summer snow covered area (SCA), i.e. snowbeds and permanent snow patches, in northern Finland and analyzed the role of topographical factors and climatic conditions on the recent and future occurrence of summer snow. SCA for the years 2000, 2004, 2006 and...