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Relationships between the Baltic Sea ice extent and ice parameters in the sheltered basins of the southern Baltic coast Cover

Relationships between the Baltic Sea ice extent and ice parameters in the sheltered basins of the southern Baltic coast

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Figure 1

The Baltic Sea basin and the study site
The Baltic Sea basin and the study site

Figure 2

Relationships between the maximum annual ice extent in the Baltic Sea (MIB) and: the maximum ice thickness (H) in the Szczecin Lagoon (a) and the number of days with ice (N) in the Puck Lagoon (b) in 1946/1947–2017/2018
Relationships between the maximum annual ice extent in the Baltic Sea (MIB) and: the maximum ice thickness (H) in the Szczecin Lagoon (a) and the number of days with ice (N) in the Puck Lagoon (b) in 1946/1947–2017/2018

Figure 3

Relationships between the maximum annual ice extent in the Baltic Sea (MIB) and: the number of days with ice (N) in Lake Jamno (a) and the maximum ice thickness (H) in Lake Gardno (b) in 1960/1961–2017/2018.
Relationships between the maximum annual ice extent in the Baltic Sea (MIB) and: the number of days with ice (N) in Lake Jamno (a) and the maximum ice thickness (H) in Lake Gardno (b) in 1960/1961–2017/2018.

Linear correlation coefficients between the following ice parameters: ice season duration (S), number of days with ice (N) and maximum ice thickness (H) in southern Baltic coastal lagoons in the period from 1946/1947 to 2017/18

Ice parametersLagoonsSzczecinPuckVistula
SSzczecin1
Puck0.891
Vistula0.800.851
NSzczecin1
Puck0.931
Vistula0.870.911
HSzczecin1
Puck0.851
Vistula0.880.881

Morphometric and bathymetric data for the sheltered basins of the southern Baltic Sea coast (after Łazarienko & Majewski 1975; Majewski 1980; Nowacki 1993; Janczak 1997; Choinski 2006)

BasinsElevation (m a.s.l.)Surface area (km2)Volume (km3)Average depth (m)Maximum depth (m)Shoreline length (km)
Lagoons
Szczecin0.0686.92.5823.88.6243.0
Puck0.0102.70.3203.19.752.0
Vistula0.0838.02.3002.65.1270.0
Lakes
Jamno0.122.300.0321.43.928.3
Bukowo0.116.440.0321.82.823.2
Gardno0.323.370.0311.32.623.3
Łebsko0.370.020.1181.66.355.9

Linear correlation coefficients between the maximum annual ice extent in the Baltic Sea (MIB) and ice parameters: ice season duration (S), number of days with ice (N) and maximum ice thickness (H) in southern Baltic coastal lakes (from 1960/1961 to 2017/18)

Ice parametersLakes
JamnoBukowoGardnoŁebskoAll lakes (average)
S0.740.750.720.700.76
N0.800.800.780.800.82
H0.670.720.770.720.75

Mean, standard deviation (SD) and extreme values (per season and basin) of selected ice parameters: ice season duration (S), number of days with ice (N), maximum ice thickness (H) in groups of southern Baltic coastal lagoons (1946/1947 through 2017/2018) and lakes (1960/1961 through 2017/2018)

Ice parametersMeanSDmaximumminimum
valuesseasonbasinvaluesseasonbasin
Lagoons
S (days)77.539.81511962/63Vistula0repeatedly
N (days)63.937.61381969/70Vistula0repeatedly
H (cm)22.515.0701962/63Puck0repeatedly
Lakes
S (days)84.136.31601979/80Gardno01974/75Jamno, Bukowo
N (days)68.334.31421995/96Gardno01974/75Jamno, Bukowo
H (cm)21.712.1602009/10Jamno01974/75Jamno, Bukowo

Probability of ice occurrence (p) and its standard deviation (SD) in southern Baltic coastal lagoons (1946/1947 through 2017/2018) and lakes (1960/1961 through 2017/2018)

statisticalLagoonsLakes
parametersSzczecinPuckVistulaJamnoBukowoGardnoŁebsko
p0.920.9610.980.9811
SD0.0320.02800.0190.01900

Mean and extreme values of selected ice parameters: ice season duration (S), number of days with ice (N), maximum ice thickness (H) in southern Baltic coastal lagoons (1946/1947 through 2017/2018) and lakes (1960/1961 through 2017/2018)

Ice parametersLagoonsLakes
SzczecinPuckVistulaJamnoBukowoGardnoŁebsko
S (days)shortest0016001512
mean66.170.596.280.280.288.787.3
longest135139151134139160159
N (days)minimum0011001512
mean51.957.582.465.366.873.367.9
maximum123128138133139142142
H (cm)lowest0030043
mean17.721.028.921.622.121.621.5
highest60707045524852

Linear correlation coefficients between the following ice parameters: ice season duration (S), number of days with ice (N) and maximum ice thickness (H) in southern Baltic coastal lakes in the period from 1960/1961 to 2017/18

Ice parametersLakesJamnoBukowoGardnoŁebsko
SJamno1
Bukowo0.951
Gardno0.880.891
Łebsko0.870.880.961
NJamno1
Bukowo0.961
Gardno0.880.861
Łebsko0.960.960.901
HJamno1
Bukowo0.881
Gardno0.870.881
Łebsko0.830.890.911

Linear correlation coefficients between the maximum annual ice extent in the Baltic Sea (MIB) and ice parameters: ice season duration (S), number of days with ice (N) and maximum ice thickness (H) in southern Baltic coastal lagoons in the period from 1946/1947 to 2017/18

Ice parametersLagoons
Szczecin PuckVistulaAll lagoons (average)
S0.720.730.690.81
N0.730.790.730.82
H0.800.790.790.82
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2020-0026 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
Language: English
Page range: 291 - 303
Submitted on: Dec 18, 2019
Accepted on: Mar 9, 2020
Published on: Sep 25, 2020
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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