Inter-annual variation in lake ice composition in the European Arctic: observations based on high-resolution thermistor strings

Cheng, Bin; Cheng, Yubing; Vihma, Timo; Kontu, Anna; Zheng, Fei; Lemmetyinen, Juha; Qiu, Yubao; Pulliainen, Jouni

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3967-2021

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Extreme environment datasets for the three poles

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Inter-annual variation in lake ice composition in the European Arctic: observations based on high-resolution thermistor strings

Bin Cheng, Yubing Cheng, Timo Vihma, Anna Kontu, Fei Zheng, Juha Lemmetyinen, Yubao Qiu, and Jouni Pulliainen

Data sets

SIMBA snow/ice mass balance buoy data and weather station data Bin Cheng, Yubing Cheng, Timo Vihma, Anna Kontu, Fei Zheng, Juha Lemmetyinen, Yubao Qiu, and Jouni Pulliainen https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4559368

Short summary

Climate change strongly impacts the Arctic, with clear signs of higher air temperature and more precipitation. A sustainable observation programme has been carried out in Lake Orajärvi in Sodankylä, Finland. The high-quality air–snow–ice–water temperature profiles have been measured every winter since 2009. The data can be used to investigate the lake ice surface heat balance and the role of snow in lake ice mass balance and parameterization of snow-to-ice transformation in snow/ice models.