Global Lake and River Ice Phenology Database
  Data Contributors
- WYNNE, RANDOLPH H.
- BENSON, BARBARA J.
- MAGNUSON, JOHN J.
- ROBERTSON, DALE M.
- FETTERER, FLORENCE
Parameters
- FREEZE/THAW
- LAKE ICE
- RIVER ICE
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The Global Lake and River Ice Phenology Database contains freeze and
breakup dates and other ice cover descriptive data for 748 lakes and
rivers. Of the 429 water bodies that have records longer than 19
years, 287 are in North America and 141 are in Eurasia; 170 have
records longer than 50 years; and 28 longer than 100 years. A few have
data prior to 1845. These data, from water bodies distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere,
allow analysis of broad spatial patterns as well as long-term temporal patterns. The data set was prepared by the North Temperate Lakes Long-Term
Ecological Research program at the Center for Limnology at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison from data submitted by participants in
the Lake Ice Analysis Group (LIAG). LIAG is an international ad hoc
group of scientists who participated in a 1996 workshop sponsored by
the Center of Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison and the
National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology
(Long-Term Studies Program). The group would be happy to receive
additional data on these lakes or rivers or others around the world
for inclusion in the database. NSIDC has developed a Web-based user interface to the database
that allows users to search the database and retrieve data by the
available parameters. The interface also includes a link to more
general information about the lakes and rivers in the database. The
output can be directed to a Web browser, a gzipped file, or a tab-separated ASCII text file. Note: The term 'phenology' in the data set title refers to
the seasonal phenomenon of the freezing and thawing of lake and
river ice. Data CitationBenson, B., and J. Magnuson. 2000, updated 2007. Global lake and river ice phenology database. Boulder, Colorado USA: National Snow and Ice Data Center/World Data Center for Glaciology. Digital media.
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