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Retention time of lakes in the Larsemann Hills oasis, East Antarctica
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Ekaterina Kourzeneva
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Yury Dvornikov
Department of Landscape Design and Sustainable Ecosystems,
Agrarian and Technological Institute, RUDN University, Moscow, Russia
Irina Fedorova
Department of Geo-Ecology and Environmental Management, Saint Petersburg State University, St Petersburg, Russia
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Short summary
Antarctica consists mostly of frozen water, and it makes the continent sensitive to warming due to enhancing a transition/exchange of water from solid (ice and snow) to liquid (lakes and rivers) form. Therefore, it is important to know how fast water is exchanged in the Antarctic lakes. The study gives first estimates of scales for water exchange for five lakes located in the Larsemann Hills oasis. Two methods are suggested to evaluate the timescale for the lakes depending on their type.
Antarctica consists mostly of frozen water, and it makes the continent sensitive to warming due...
