Author(s): Valeriy S. Vuglinsky; Tatiana P. Gronskaya; Natalia A. Lemeshko
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Abstract: On the basis of the hydrological observation data from the ROSHYDROMET network, a specialised database of ice events and ice thickness for the largest freshwater lakes and reservoirs of Russia has been established at the State Hydrological Institute. Observation periods vary between 116–118 years (for Lakes Onega and Ladoga, respectively) to 20 years for the Zeiskoye Reservoir. Basic spatial and temporal trends have revealed changes in the duration of the complete ice cover and the maximal ice thickness during 1980–1995, when compared with longterm variability of the characteristics of the study. Limits of changes in ice regime characteristics on the lakes/reservoirs of Russia under the influence of expected climate change have been determined using the method for historical prototypes.
Year: 2002