Essays about: "Freeze-up"

Found 3 essays containing the word Freeze-up.

  1. 1. High tide flooding in near future projections for popular travel destinations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : David Ebert; [2023]
    Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; High tide flooding; Projections; Adaptation and mitigation strategies; Lunar precession; Nodal cycle; Cycle of lunar perigee; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : High tide flooding (HTF) is becoming more common in coastal regions of the United States, although this phenomenon remains largely undocumented in published literature from other parts of the world. No matter the emissions scenario over the next decades, sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue worldwide until at least the end of the 21st century, continually pushing the frequency and severity of HTF. READ MORE

  2. 2. Identifying subarctic river thermal and mechanical ice break-up using seismic sensing

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Stefania Ursica; [2021]
    Keywords : Ice break-up; River ice; Subarctic; Thermal melting; Mechanical break-up; Freeze-up; Environmental seismology; Seismic signals;

    Abstract : River-ice break-up in high-latitude regions, despite its brevity, is a fundamental process, representing the most dynamic and complex period of fluvial processes. Moreover, ice break-up has significant cascading ecological effects, with a different severity for mechanical vs. READ MORE

  3. 3. Effects of snow-free season, temperature and radiation variations on the retreat of Linné glacier, Svalbard

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Juliano Hanna; [2020]
    Keywords : Glacier; Arctic; Svalbard; climate change; GIS; drone; air temperature and solar radiation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Linné glacier has retreated approximately 1.8 km since 1936 and 1 km between 1995 and 2019. Linné glacier is following the same trend as other glaciers around Svalbard. Linné glacier is a well-monitored glacier with a time series of air temperature, incoming solar radiation and snow height data since 2003. READ MORE