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2026-09-09

Icings are common hydrologic phenomena in cold subarctic environments. They are formed by the accumulation of repeated overflow layers during winter. The size and thickness of the icing layers, however, are determined by the interaction of surface water hydrologic and microclimatologic systems. This paper examines the energy exchanges associated with icing layers with different thicknesses. In the case of thick layers of overflow, ice layers require a longer time to freeze completely due to greater latent heat stored in larger water volumes. Milder air temperatures will slow growth even further. Under such conditions, flowing water between the top ice cover and the underlying ice body provides significant amounts of energy. As much as 60-87% of the energy may be supplied by running water. Under progressively colder temperature conditions, faster growth rates reduce the time of water flow and, therefore, reducing the relative amount of energy supplied by flowing water. In this case energy is provided mainly by the latent heat released by the freezing of water contained in the overflow layer. Under certain conditions, the absorption of solar radiation also generates a considerable…

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