Lepparanta M. Freezing of Lakes and the Evolution of Their Ice Cover 2ed 2023

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This book updates the first edition for the status of knowledge in the physics of lake ice and the interactions between the ice cover and the liquid water underneath. Since the first edition was written in 2013, there has been a lot of progress in the field, in particular concerning environmental questions and the impact of climate change.
This second edition has been prepared eight years after the first one. There has been much progress in lake ice research during this period, and, consequently, a revision is well motivated. This edition contains new findings especially for low latitude lakes in Central Asian arid climate, physical limnology below ice, remote sensing, and lake ice climatology including climate change impact on lake ice. In addition, based on comments from several readers and students of the first edition, modifications, restructuring, additions, and technical improvements have been made in most sections.
The recent progress in the research of lake ice has been largely connected to ice–water interaction, lake ice climatology, and the role of ice cover in lake ecology.
Remote sensing has also much progressed together with increased availability of high-resolution images. The cryosphere has become more important in the Earth system science, and lake ice forms one specific part of the cryosphere with major local environmental and practical impacts.
Introduction
Freezing of Lakes
Structure and Properties of Lake Ice
Thermodynamics of Seasonal Lake Ice
Mechanics of Lake Ice
Proglacial Lakes
Lake Water Body in the Ice Season
Ice-Covered Lakes Environment
Lake Ice Climatology
Future of Frozen Lakes
Annex: Ice Properties and Useful Formulae