Ice regime dynamics in the Nemunas River, Lithuania

Climate Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-28

  Stonevicius, E ^a   Stankunavicius, G ^a   Kilkus, K ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Atmospheric forcing; Break up; Freeze up; River ice cover

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE; ICEBREAKERS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE BREAKUP; ICE COVER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; NEMUNAS DELTA;

EID: 42449129295     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00707     Document Type: Article

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