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Water temperature during the melting of lake ice
Author(s) -
Williams G. P.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr005i005p01134
Subject(s) - melt pond , sea ice thickness , sea ice growth processes , sea ice , arctic ice pack , antarctic sea ice , geology , ice formation , water ice , liquid water , pancake ice , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , climatology , astrobiology , earth science , physics
Water temperature and ice thickness were measured during the ice melt period at Bennett Bay, White Lake, Ontario. Water temperatures were as high as, 7.5°C under the melting ice cover. The heat needed to warm the water under the ice and to melt ice at the ice‐water interface was calculated for different periods and compared with the heat available from solar radiation that penetrated the ice cover. It was concluded from these calculations that solar radiation penetrating the ice caused the relatively high water temperatures observed under the melting ice.