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Climate change and Northern Hemisphere lake and river ice phenology from 1931–2005
Geography, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University
Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
Donal J. Mullan
Geography, School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen's University
Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK
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Short summary
This paper investigates changes in the dates of ice freeze-up and breakup for 678 Northern Hemisphere lakes and rivers from 1931–2005. From 3510 time series, the results show that breakup dates have gradually occurred earlier through time, whilst freeze-up trends have tended to be significantly more variable. These data combined show that the number of annual open-water days has increased through time for most sites, with the magnitude of change at its largest in more recent years.
This paper investigates changes in the dates of ice freeze-up and breakup for 678 Northern...
