Quantification of the cold air pool in Kevo valley, Finnish Lapland

• Published in: Weather
• Main Authors: Pepin, Nick, Schaefer, Martin, Riddy, Liam D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/core/subjects/geography; Geography; Arctic; Kevo; Climate change; Global warming; Northern Finland; Lapland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.260; https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/quantification-of-the-cold-air-pool-in-kevo-valley-finnish-lapland(73c3ec4b-2177-4be5-a49c-61d74d5051a0).html

The ponding of cold air at low elevations is a major feature of the high-latitude climates of the Arctic, wherever low solar angles combine with incised topography. In Finnish Lapland this cold-air accumulation is critical for flora and fauna (Tenow and Nilssen, 1990; Virtanen et al., 1998) since ab...