Ice cover as an indicator of winter air temperature changes: Case study of the Polish Lowland lakes

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 336-349

  Marszelewski, Włodzimierz ^a   Skowron, Rajmund ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ice break up; Ice thickness; Lake freeze up; Lakes; North Poland

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ICE BREAK-UP; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; LAKE FREEZE-UP; WINTER AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

SEA ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; LAKE DYNAMICS; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POLISH LOWLANDS;

EID: 33645751550     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.51.2.336     Document Type: Article

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