Articles | Volume 15, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4739-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4739-2022
Model evaluation paper
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21 Jun 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 21 Jun 2022

Validation of turbulent heat transfer models against eddy covariance flux measurements over a seasonally ice-covered lake

Joonatan Ala-Könni, Kukka-Maaria Kohonen, Matti Leppäranta, and Ivan Mammarella

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Properties of seasonally ice-covered lakes are not currently sufficiently included in global climate models. To fill this gap, this study evaluates three models that could be used to quantify the amount of heat that moves from and into the lake by the air above it and through evaporation of the ice cover. The results show that the complex nature of the surrounding environment as well as difficulties in accurately measuring the surface temperature of ice introduce errors to these models.