Long-term observations of increasing snow cover in the western Cairngorms

Andrews, Christopher; Ives, Stephen; Dick, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4180-9338. 2016 Long-term observations of increasing snow cover in the western Cairngorms. Weather, 71 (7). 178-181. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2731

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/wea.2731

Abstract/Summary

As part of the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) long-term monitoring, an automatic repeat-photography camera was installed to record changes in landscape phenology in the Allt a'Mharcaidh catchment, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. For 13 consecutive winters between 2002 and 2015, the date for the onset of continuous winter snow cover, and subsequent melt, was recorded on slopes of north and north-easterly aspect at altitudes between 450m and 1111m amsl. Results show that the period of time during which snow is continuously present in the catchment has increased significantly by 81 (±21.01) days over the 13-year period, and that this is largely driven by a significantly later melt date, rather than earlier onset of winter snow cover.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2731
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Watt
ISSN:	0043-1656
NORA Subject Terms:	Meteorology and Climatology
Date made live:	07 Jul 2016 11:35 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513910

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.2731

UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:

Watt

ISSN:

0043-1656

NORA Subject Terms:

Meteorology and Climatology

Date made live:

07 Jul 2016 11:35 +0 (UTC)