Lake ice climatology

Содержание

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Lake ice season Ice thickness --- stable ice --- Unstable periods

Lake ice season

Ice thickness

--- stable ice ---

Unstable periods
(fixed)

H

tF

tb

t1

t2

H = min thickness

for stable ice,
10 cm (small lakes)–
50 cm (large lakes).

Stable ice (? climatology)

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Warming climate ? ? Will the lake freeze in future ?

Warming climate ? ?

Will the lake freeze in future ?
How much

are freezing date and break-up date affected ?
How much is ice thickness affected ? And ice quality?
Ice cover stability ?
Ice coverage ?
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Ice phenology Freezing date Strongly connected to air temperature (long-wave radiation,

Ice phenology

Freezing date
Strongly connected to air temperature (long-wave radiation, turbulent fluxes)
Connection

depends on lake depth
Freezing after 0oC downcrossing
Air temperature falling rate major factor

Breakup date
Solar radiation driving force – no long-term trend
Ice and snow thickness – weak positive trend
Turnover day from negative to positive heat balance key factor
Degree-days correlate with net solar flux

time

Thickness ~ ✔ freezing-degree-days

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Breakup Freezing 80 P E R E N N I A

Breakup

Freezing

80

P
E R E N N I A L

Freezing and breakup

Extrapolated from Kirillin et al. (2012)

No ice

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Lake ice time series Ice phenology freezing date breakup date How

Lake ice time series

Ice phenology
freezing date
breakup date
How to define?
Ice cover properties
Ice

thickness – max annual value
Ice concentration (large lakes)

Variability
independent winters
interannual variability externally forced
Aperiodic time series outcome
weak intra-seasonal connections

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Lake Kallavesi, Finland 1830 – 2014 Trend 10 days/100 years Aperiodic

Lake Kallavesi, Finland 1830 – 2014

Trend 10 days/100 years
Aperiodic
Variability 80 days
Extrema

far from mean

Trend 10 days/100 years
Aperiodic
Variability 45 days

Breakup

Freezing

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Colder climate ? less variability Kirillin et al. (2012)

Colder climate ? less variability

Kirillin et al. (2012)

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Freezing date Breakup date Kilpisjärvi trends 1952 – 2010 (Lei et al., 2012)

Freezing
date

Breakup
date

Kilpisjärvi trends 1952 – 2010 (Lei et al., 2012)

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1st order: climate change impact Freezing date ~ 5 day/°C Ice

1st order: climate change impact

Freezing date
~ 5 day/°C
Ice thickness
5–10 cm/°C
Breakup date

~ n days after zero
upcrossing of heating
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Lake Vanajavesi: model for climate change impact -1°C -6°C +6°C +1°C

Lake Vanajavesi: model for climate change impact

-1°C
-6°C

+6°C
+1°C

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Ice thickness cycle – albedo sensitivity, Prydz Bay α = 0.5

Ice thickness cycle – albedo sensitivity, Prydz Bay

α = 0.5

α =

0.5

α = 0.7

α = 0.6

Polar ice does not melt fully but breaks due to internal deterioration. Light transmissivity of ice also has an important role.

Yang et al.
(2016)

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Lake Ladoga: Finnish – Soviet – Russian data 1913 – 1937

Lake Ladoga: Finnish – Soviet – Russian data

1913 – 1937
Ice charts

and reports

1943 – 1992
Aircraft observations
Approx. twice a month
Plots of ice distribution’
1971 ->
NOAA and MODIS satellite images
On average 19 images /winter

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Ice concentration A A = relative area of ice in the

Ice concentration A

A = relative area of ice in the lake
Freezing

? depth: t = F(h)
Hypsographic curve = G(h)
Formally:
A(t) = G[F-1(t)/max(h)

Thus fall evolution of ice concentration is related on the hypsographic
curve. Also decrease of concentration depends on that as melting starts
From shallow parts. Wind and lake size add further modifications.

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Lake Ladoga 1913–

Lake Ladoga 1913–

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Summary: warming (?) ? Freezing day delays Max annual ice thickness

Summary: warming (?) ?

Freezing day delays
Max annual ice thickness likely decreases
Ice

quality (congelation ice/snow ice) ?
Period of stable ice cover shortens
Transient open water periods in smaller lakes than presently
Ice breakup date likely earlier
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… consequences to water body Shorter ice season AND More sunlight

… consequences to water body

Shorter ice season
AND
More sunlight
More transient open

water periods
Improved oxygen level
How winter ecology will be adapted?
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Climate warming ? Lake seasons Annual cycle: qualitative changes Summer stratification stronger Stable ice period shorter

Climate warming ? Lake seasons

Annual cycle:
qualitative changes
Summer stratification stronger
Stable ice

period shorter