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Maximum extent of ice cover in the Baltic Sea in the winters 1719/20 – 2020/21 (blue bars) and 15 year moving average (black line)

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Maximum extent of ice cover in the Baltic Sea in the winters 1719/20 – 2020/21 (blue bars) and 15 year moving average (black line). Source: Jouni Vainio, Finnish Meteorological Institute (updated from Seinä and Palosuo 1996; Seinä et al. 2001).

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Methodology:: Combination of different information sources, data checked 04.10.2021 by Jouni Vainio/FMI
Units:: Square km
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Seinä A, Palosuo E (1996) The classification of the maximum annual extent of ice cover in the Baltic Sea 1720–1995. MERI-Report Series of the Finnish Inst of Marine Res 27:79–91; Seinä A, Grönvall H, Kalliosaari S, Vainio J (2001) Ice seasons 1996–2000 in Finnish sea areas. MERI-Report Series of the Finnish Inst of Marine Res 43:132