DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058761
论文题名: Local spring warming drives earlier river-ice breakup in a large Arctic delta
作者: Lesack L.F.W. ; Marsh P. ; Hicks F.E. ; Forbes D.L.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-10295
EISSN: 1944-10026
出版年: 2014
卷: 41, 期: 5 起始页码: 1560
结束页码: 1566
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Arctic rivers
; Arctic snowfall
; climatic change
; river biogeochemistry
; river ice
; river-ocean interface
Scopus关键词: Biogeochemistry
; Climate change
; Lakes
; Oceanography
; Rivers
; Snow
; Water levels
; Arctic rivers
; Biogeochemical
; Climatic changes
; Hydrological cycles
; Ice break-up
; River discharge
; River ice
; Warming climate
; Ice
; biogeochemical cycle
; climate variation
; delta
; hydrological cycle
; ice breakup
; river discharge
; river water
; spring (season)
; water level
; Arctic Ocean
; Canada
; Mackenzie Delta
; Northwest Territories
英文摘要: Pan-Arctic rivers strongly affect the Arctic Ocean and their vast lake-rich deltas. Their discharges may be increasing because of an intensifying hydrological cycle driven by warming climate. We show that a previously unexplained trend toward earlier ice breakup in the Mackenzie River Delta is little affected by winter warming during the period of river-ice growth and is unaffected by river discharge, but unexpectedly is strongly related to local spring warming during the period of river-ice melt. These results are statistically linked to declining winter snowfall that was not expected because of an intensifying Arctic hydrological cycle. Earlier ice breakup is expected to cause declining water level peaks that will reduce off-channel flows through the lake-rich delta before river waters enter the ocean. Thus, local spring warming with unexpected snowfall declines, rather than warmer winters, can drive earlier ice breakup in large Arctic rivers and biogeochemical changes in their river-ocean interface. Key Points Earlier ice breakup in a large Arctic river is driven by spring warming trend Earlier breakup is not affected by winter warming or changes in river discharge Spring warming effect on river breakup is amplified by declining winter snowfall ©2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84895775259&doi=10.1002%2f2013GL058761&partnerID=40&md5=b4b8f0cb2191409c5174b49c8eefd71b
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/7559
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作者单位: Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Lesack L.F.W.,Marsh P.,Hicks F.E.,et al. Local spring warming drives earlier river-ice breakup in a large Arctic delta[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2014-01-01,41(5).