.png)
.png)
.png)
Email this article 
Characteristics of the snow cover distribution on the coast of Lake Baikal
https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2017-3-355-364
Abstract
The paper presents results of studies of the dynamics of snow cover characteristics along the Lake Baikal coast for the years 1961–2009. Statistical characteristics of the following elements: snow depth, duration of the period with snow cover, dates of onset and destruction of snow cover, were calculated from data of local meteorological stations. Mean annual snow depth in the region varies from 1 to 36 cm, while the maximal ten-day values changes from 12 cm on the West coast up to 60–86 cm on the East coast. Mean duration of the snow cover in the Baikal region is 138 days, while on the East coast it lasts for 178 days, and on the West one – for 126 days. Long-term trends of the snow cover characteristics are mostly statistically insignificant. However, at the end of the above period dates of the snow cover onset and destruction has been shifted to earlier dates. The inter-annual variability of these dates reaches 30 days. A linear dependence of the snow cover depth on the mean air temperature and the precipitation amount for the cold season was revealed with correlation coefficients from 0.31 to 0.89.
About the Authors
P. P. VoropayRussian Federation
Tomsk.
V. K. Vlasov
Russian Federation
Irkutsk.
References
1. The Second Assessment Report on climate change and their impact on the territory of the Russian Federation. Ed. V.V.Yasukevich, V.A.Govorkova, I.A.Korneva, T.V.Pavlova, E.N.Popova. M.: Roshydromet, 2014:1009 p. [In Russian].
2. Kitaev L.M., Razuvaev V.N., Martuganov R.A. Spatial features of the interaction of climate parameters and snow of northern Eurasia. Kriosfera Zemli. Earth Cryosphere. 2001, 7 (4): 82–91. [In Russian].
3. Osokin N.I., Sosnovsky A.V. Spatial and temporal variability of depth and density of the snow cover in Russia. Led i Sneg. Ice and Snow. 2014, 4 (128): 72–80. doi: 10.15356/2076-6734-2014-4-72-80. [In Russian].
4. Popova V.V., Polyakova I.A. Change of stable snow cover destruction dates in Northern Eurasia, 1936–2008: impact of global warming and the role of large-scale atmospheric circulation. Led i Sneg. Ice and Snow.2013, 2 (122): 29–39. doi: 10.15356/2076-6734-2013-2-29-39. [In Russian].
5. Groisman P.Ya., Tomas R.K., Knight R.W. Observed impact of snow cover on the heat balance and the rise of continental spring temperatures. Science. 1994, 14: 263 p.
6. Konygin E.A. Variability of the spread of seasonal snow cover on the USSR territory. Trudy Gidromettsentra. Proc. of the Hydrometeorological Research Centre of the Russian Federation. 1990, 304: 92–95. [In Russian].
7. Krenke A.N., Kitaev L.M., Turkov D.V. Climatic role of the snow cover change in the warming period. Izvestiya Ross. Akad. Nauk, Seriya Geogr. Proc. of the RAS, Geographical Series. 2001, 4: 44–51. [In Russian].
8. Meshcherskaya A.V., Belyankina I.G., Golod M.P. Monitoring of the snow cover thickness in the main grainproducing area of the former USSR in the instrumental observations period. Izvestiya Ross. Akad. Nauk, Seriya Geogr. Proc. of the RAS, Geographical Series. 1996, 4: 71–78. [In Russian].
9. Radionov V.F., Bryazgin N.N., Alexandrov E.I. Snezhnyi pokrov v Arkticheskom basseyne. Snow cover in the Arctic basin. Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat, 1996: 124 p. [In Russian].
10. Groisman P.Ya., Knight R.W., Razuvaev V.N., Bulygina O.N. Climatology and changes during the past 69 years over northern Eurasia for a rarely used measure of snow cover and frozen land. Journ. of Climate. 2006, 1: 4933–4953.
11. Osokin N.I., Sosnovskiy A.V., Nakalov P.R. On the influence of variability of snow cover parameters to the ground freezing. Led i Sneg. Ice and Snow. 2015. 2 (130). P. 60–68. doi: 10.15356/2076-6734-2015-2-60-68. [In Russian].
12. Popova V.V., Shiryaeva A.V., Morozova P.A. Snow cover setting-up dates in the north of Eurasia: relations and feedback to the macro-scale atmospheric circulation. Led i Sneg. Ice and Snow. 2014, 3 (127): 39–49. doi:10.15356/2076-6734-2014-3-39-49 [In Russian].
13. Trofimova I.E., Balybina A.S. Monitoring of soil temperature and snow cover depth in the Irkutsk Region. Led i Sneg. Ice and Snow. 2012, 1 (117): 62–68. [In Russian].
14. Shmakin A.B., Osokin N.I., Sosnovsky A.V., Zazovskaya E.P., Borzenkova A.V. Influence of snow cover on the soil freezing and thawing in the West Spitsbergen. Led i Sneg. Ice and Snow. 2013, 4 (124): 52–59. doi:10.15356/2076-6734-2013-4-52-59. [In Russian]
15. Voropay N.N., Gagarinova O.V., Il'icheva E.A., Balybina A.S., Kichigina N.V., Maksyutova E.V., Osipova O.P. Gidroklimaticheskie issledovaniya Baykal'skoy prirodnoy territorii. Hydroclimatic studies of the Baikal natural territory. Ed. L.M..Korytnyi. Novosibirsk: GEO, 2013: 188 p. [In Russian].
16. Boyarkin V.M. Geografiya Irkutskoy oblasti. Geography of Irkutsk region. Irkutsk, 1995. 198 p. [In Russian].
17. http://solar-flux.narod.ru/Index.htm
18. Manual for hydrometeorological stations and posts. V..3. Pt..1. Meteorological observations at the stations. Leningrad: Gidrometeoizdat, 1985: 300 p. [In Russian].
Supplementary files
For citation: Voropay P.P., Vlasov V.K. Characteristics of the snow cover distribution on the coast of Lake Baikal. Ice and Snow. 2017;57(3):355-364. https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2017-3-355-364
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
ISSN 2076-6734 (Print)
ISSN 2412-3765 (Online)