Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate change

The change of the snow cover stability characteristics over the Russian territory including regional and seasonal features of this change in the modern warming period of 1991–2008 in comparison with the period 1961–1990 are investigated in the paper using the data of 223 meteorological stations. Fea...

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Main Authors: A. N. Krenke, E. A. Cherenkova, M. M. Chernavskaya
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Nauka 2015-04-01
Series:Лëд и снег
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Online Access:https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/145
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author A. N. Krenke
E. A. Cherenkova
M. M. Chernavskaya
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M. M. Chernavskaya
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description The change of the snow cover stability characteristics over the Russian territory including regional and seasonal features of this change in the modern warming period of 1991–2008 in comparison with the period 1961–1990 are investigated in the paper using the data of 223 meteorological stations. Features of the snow cover regime related to teleconnection indices change of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the West Pacific (WP) one are analyzed.Opposite tendencies of changes of the snow period duration were observed in most regions of Russia in each of the decades (1991–2008) in comparison with 1961–1990. Differently directed regional changes of the number of days without snow and interruption in snow cover were identified for each of the seasons in periods of intense warming in recent years compared to the baseline thirty years. Similar tendencies of seasonal changes of the number of days with snow depth more than 50 cm were observed in two decades in comparison with 1961–1990. The largest changes occurred in the winter and spring seasons. The spatial distribution of changes of the number of days with snow depth more than 50 cm also demonstrates the same tendency in the years with positive phase of the NAO and WP compared with the years of negative phase.
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spelling doaj.art-a51d3990549e40eeb8ac7b2a00ae7ba62025-03-02T12:52:24ZrusNaukaЛëд и снег2076-67342412-37652015-04-01521293710.15356/2076-6734-2012-1-29-37139Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate changeA. N. Krenke0E. A. Cherenkova1M. M. Chernavskaya2Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, MoscowInstitute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, MoscowInstitute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, MoscowThe change of the snow cover stability characteristics over the Russian territory including regional and seasonal features of this change in the modern warming period of 1991–2008 in comparison with the period 1961–1990 are investigated in the paper using the data of 223 meteorological stations. Features of the snow cover regime related to teleconnection indices change of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the West Pacific (WP) one are analyzed.Opposite tendencies of changes of the snow period duration were observed in most regions of Russia in each of the decades (1991–2008) in comparison with 1961–1990. Differently directed regional changes of the number of days without snow and interruption in snow cover were identified for each of the seasons in periods of intense warming in recent years compared to the baseline thirty years. Similar tendencies of seasonal changes of the number of days with snow depth more than 50 cm were observed in two decades in comparison with 1961–1990. The largest changes occurred in the winter and spring seasons. The spatial distribution of changes of the number of days with snow depth more than 50 cm also demonstrates the same tendency in the years with positive phase of the NAO and WP compared with the years of negative phase.https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/145climate changedeep snow periodsnorth atlantic oscillationsnow coverteleconnection indiceswest pacific oscillation.
spellingShingle A. N. Krenke
E. A. Cherenkova
M. M. Chernavskaya
Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate change
Лëд и снег
climate change
deep snow periods
north atlantic oscillation
snow cover
teleconnection indices
west pacific oscillation.
title Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate change
title_full Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate change
title_fullStr Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate change
title_full_unstemmed Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate change
title_short Stability of snow cover on the territory of Russia in relation to climate change
title_sort stability of snow cover on the territory of russia in relation to climate change
topic climate change
deep snow periods
north atlantic oscillation
snow cover
teleconnection indices
west pacific oscillation.
url https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/145
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