The European mountain cryosphere: a review of its current state, trends, and future challenges

M Beniston, D Farinotti, M Stoffel, LM Andreassen… - The …, 2018 - tc.copernicus.org
The mountain cryosphere of mainland Europe is recognized to have important impacts on a
range of environmental processes. In this paper, we provide an overview on the current …

Remote sensing of snow cover using spaceborne SAR: A review

YLS Tsai, A Dietz, N Oppelt, C Kuenzer - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The importance of snow cover extent (SCE) has been proven to strongly link with various
natural phenomenon and human activities; consequently, monitoring snow cover is one the …

Winter climate change: a critical factor for temperate vegetation performance

J Kreyling - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Winter ecological processes are important drivers of vegetation and ecosystem functioning
in temperate ecosystems. There, winter conditions are subject to rapid climate change. The …

Recent changes in phenology over the northern high latitudes detected from multi-satellite data

H Zeng, G Jia, H Epstein - Environmental Research Letters, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Phenology of vegetation is a sensitive and valuable indicator of the dynamic responses of
terrestrial ecosystems to climate change. Therefore, to better understand and predict …

New gridded daily climatology of Finland: Permutation‐based uncertainty estimates and temporal trends in climate

J Aalto, P Pirinen, K Jylhä - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term time series of key climate variables with a relevant spatiotemporal resolution are
essential for environmental science. Moreover, such spatially continuous data, based on …

National scale assessment of climate change impacts on flooding in Finland

N Veijalainen, E Lotsari, P Alho, B Vehviläinen… - Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper provides a general overview of changes in flooding caused by climate change in
Finland for the periods 2010–2039 and 2070–2099. Changes in flooding were evaluated at …

The subnivium: a deteriorating seasonal refugium

JN Pauli, B Zuckerberg, JP Whiteman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
For many terrestrial organisms in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is a period of resource
scarcity and energy deficits, survivable only because a seasonal refugium–the “subnivium” …

Low-temperature threshold for egg survival of a post-diapause and non-diapause European aedine strain, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

SM Thomas, U Obermayr, D Fischer, J Kreyling… - Parasites & vectors, 2012 - Springer
Background The interplay between global warming and invasive arthropods in temperate
zones is of utmost interest in terms of the potential expansions of vector-borne diseases. Up …

Climate change and prolongation of growing season: changes in regional potential for field crop production in Finland

P Peltonen-Sainio, L Jauhiainen, K Hakala, H Ojanen - 2009 - jukuri.luke.fi
Climate change offers new opportunities for Finnish field crop production, which is currently
limited by the short growing season. A warmer climate will extend the thermal growing …

Expected shifts in Fusarium species' composition on cereal grain in Northern Europe due to climatic change

P Parikka, K Hakala, K Tiilikkala - Food Additives & Contaminants …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
In Northern Europe, changes in climate may result in better growing conditions for many
crops. However, the expected warmer and more humid conditions are favourable for …