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ReviewAmbio2016

Changing Arctic snow cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts.

Stef Bokhorst, Stine Højlund Pedersen, Ludovic Brucker, Oleg Anisimov, Jarle W Bjerke, Ross D Brown, Dorothee Ehrich, Richard L H Essery, Achim Heilig, Susanne Ingvander and 19 more

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Review in Ambio, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors.

Stef BokhorstFRAM - High North Research Centre on Climate and the Environment, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), PO Box 6606, Langnes, 9296, Tromsø, Norway. stefbokhorst@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-1162
Stine Højlund PedersenDepartment of Bioscience, Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
Ludovic BruckerNASA GSFC Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Code 615, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA.
Oleg AnisimovState Hydrological Institute of Roshydromet, 23 Second Line V.O., St.Petersburg, Russia, 199053.
Jarle W BjerkeFRAM - High North Research Centre on Climate and the Environment, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), PO Box 6606, Langnes, 9296, Tromsø, Norway.
Ross D BrownClimate Research Division, Environment Canada Ouranos, 550 Sherbrooke St. West, 19th Floor, Montreal, QC, H3A 1B9, Canada.
Dorothee EhrichDepartment of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, 9037, Tromsø, Norway.
Richard L H EsserySchool of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
Achim HeiligInstitute of Environmental Physics, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Susanne IngvanderDepartment of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
Cecilia JohanssonDepartment of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, 75236, Uppsala, Sweden.
Margareta JohanssonDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.
Ingibjörg Svala JónsdóttirUniversity Centre in Svalbard, PO Box 156, 9171, Longyearbyen, Norway.
Niila IngaLeavas Sámi Community, Box 53, 981 21, Kiruna, Sweden.
Kari LuojusArctic Research, Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 503, 00101, Helsinki, Finland.
Giovanni MacelloniIFAC-CNR - Institute of Applied Physics "Nello Carrara", National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy.
Heather MariashNational Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1A 0H3, Canada.
Donald McLennanCanadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS), 360 Albert Street, Suite 1710, Ottawa, ON, K1R 7X7, Canada.
Gunhild Ninis RosqvistDepartment of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.
Atsushi SatoSnow and Ice Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, 187-16 Suyoshi, Nagaoka, Niigata, 940-0821, Japan.
Hannele SavelaThule Insitute, University of Oulu, PO Box 7300, 90014, Oulu, Finland.
Martin SchneebeliWSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Flüelastrasse 11, 7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland.
Aleksandr SokolovArctic Research Station of Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Labytnangi, Russia, 629400.
Sergey A SokratovArctic Environment Laboratory, Faculty of Geography, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1, Moscow, Russia, 119991.
Silvia TerzagoInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council (ISAC-CNR), Corso Fiume 4, 10133, Turin, Italy.
Dagrun Vikhamar-SchulerDivision for Model and Climate Analysis, R&D Department, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Postboks 43, Blindern, 0313, Oslo, Norway.
Scott WilliamsonDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, CW 405, Biological Sciences Bldg., Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9, Canada.
Yubao QiuInstitute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academic of Science, Beijing, 100094, China.
Terry V CallaghanDepartment of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223 62, Lund, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Snow is a critically important and rapidly changing feature of the Arctic. However, snow-cover and snowpack conditions change through time pose challenges for measuring and prediction of snow. Plausible scenarios of how Arctic snow cover will respond to changing Arctic climate are important for impact assessments and adaptation strategies. Although much progress has been made in understanding and predicting snow-cover changes and their multiple consequences, many uncertainties remain. In this paper, we review advances in snow monitoring and modelling, and the impact of snow changes on ecosystems and society in Arctic regions. Interdisciplinary activities are required to resolve the current limitations on measuring and modelling snow characteristics through the cold season and at different spatial scales to assure human well-being, economic stability, and improve the ability to predict manage and adapt to natural hazards in the Arctic region.

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Cold ClimateEcosystemModels, TheoreticalSnowArctic RegionsEnvironmental MonitoringSeasonsClimate changeEcosystem servicesHuman healthIndigenousSnowSocietal costs

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PMID26984258
PMCPMC4980315

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