An energy-balance model of lake-ice evolution
Liston GE and Hall DK. 1995. An energy-balance model of lake-ice evolution. Journal of Glaciology. 21:373-382
"A physically based mathematical model of the coupled lake, lake ice, snow and atmosphere system is developed for studying terrestrial-atmospheric interactions in high-elevation and high-latitude regions. The ability to model lake ice freeze-up, break-up, total ice thickness and ice type offers the potential to describe the effects of climate change in these regions. Model output is validated against lake ice observations made during the winter of 1992-93 in Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S.A. The model is driven with observed daily atmospheric forcing of precipitation, wind speed and air temperature. In addition to simulating complete energy-balance components over the annual cycle, model output includes ice freeze-up and break-up dates, and the end-of-season clear ice, snow-ice and total ice depths for two nearby lakes in Glacier National Park, each in a different topographic setting. Modeled ice features are found to agree closely with the lake-ice observations."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Liston, Glen; Hall, Dorothy
- Units
- GLAC
- Keywords
- Alpine Zone, Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change, energy balance, Glacier National Park MT, Ice, Lakes & Ponds, Modeling, Physical Sciences