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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2493-2022
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Research article
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24 Jun 2022
Research article |
| 24 Jun 2022
| 24 Jun 2022
Climate warming shortens ice durations and alters freeze and break-up patterns in Swedish water bodies
Sofia Hallerbäck
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Irvine, CA, USA
Division of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Laurie S. Huning
Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering
Management, California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Irvine, CA, USA
Charlotte Love
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Irvine, CA, USA
Magnus Persson
Division of Water Resources Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Katarina Stensen
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
David Gustafsson
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden
Amir AghaKouchak
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California, Irvine, CA, USA
Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
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Short summary
Using unique data, some dating back to the 18th century, we show a significant trend in shorter ice duration, later freeze, and earlier break-up dates across Sweden. In recent observations, the mean ice durations have decreased by 11–28 d and the chance of years with an extremely short ice cover duration (less than 50 d) have increased by 800 %. Results show that even a 1 °C increase in air temperatures can result in a decrease in ice duration in Sweden of around 8–23 d.
Using unique data, some dating back to the 18th century, we show a significant trend in shorter...
