edu.ucar.opensky::articles:42178 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T18:05:39.137551 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7z323zd https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47 https Related Dataset #1 ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present https://doi.org/10.7265/f5bv-1z09 https Related Dataset #2 Inventory of Arctic Rain on Snow Events: Meteorological and Surface Conditions, Version 1 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10620763 https Related Software #1 etdperkins/SNOWPACK_Reindeer_Chars: v1.0 Predicting snow structures relevant to reindeer husbandry 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7z323zd https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2398278 Emma T. D. Perkins author Lynch, A. H. author V. Solovyeva author Bailey, David A. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher <p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif;font-size:17.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Snow conditions in the High North are an important control on wintertime forage availability for reindeer, and under climate change, they are changing rapidly. In the European Arctic, this has the potential to disrupt traditional reindeer herding practices, reindeer health, and local culture (including that of Indigenous communities like the Sámi). At the same time, Norwegian coastal cities are competing to act as multi-model transportation hubs as sea-ice retreat creates expectations for increased marine accessibility. An “Arctic Railway” connecting Rovaniemi to Kirkenes has been proposed to support these port developments, but this route passes through rangelands managed by Sámi and local herding communities. This study develops an assessment of past and future snow characteristics relevant to reindeer health to provide a context for understanding the impacts of this infrastructure development. Climate model and detailed snowpack simulations were performed for 1950 to 2100 along the proposed route. Results show that deep snow becomes less frequent and spring thaw advances, favorable to reindeer. However, icy snow conditions become more frequent, potentially forcing herds from tundra and farmland to forested areas. This suggests policy alternatives that focus on the development and maintenance of migration corridors to allow appropriate movement of reindeer herds.</span></p> UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication <style type="text/css"></style><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;" data-sheets-root="1">Copyright author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.</span> None eng geoscientificInformation