Long-term changes in snow cover depth in eastern Europe

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CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials CR 27:231-236 (2004) - doi:10.3354/cr027231 Long-term changes in snow cover depth in eastern Europe Ewa Bednorz1,*, Tomasz Kossowski2 1Institute of Physical Geography and Environmental Planning, and 2Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznan, Poland *Email: [e-mail] ABSTRACT: We investigated changes in snow cover depth in eastern Europe over a period of about 100 yr, analyzing data for 5 stations located on the territory of the former Soviet Union. First we determined the basic characteristics of snow cover occurrence at each station: mean and extreme values of snow cover depth, standard deviation and variability index. Then, trends of changes in the mean monthly snow cover depth were analysed and turning points were identified using a Mann-Kendall test. Snow cover depth has decreased significantly at the 3 easternmost stations (Orenburg, Kirov, Gorkij), but at Kirov snow cover depth has increased again since 1950. At Vilnjus snow cover depth has decreased rapidly since the early 1980s. KEY WORDS: Eastern Europe · Trend analysis · Snow cover Full article in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in CR Vol. 27, No. 3. Online publication date: December 08, 2004 Print ISSN: 0936-577X; Online ISSN: 1616-1572 Copyright © 2004 Inter-Research.