Simulation of North American lake‐ice cover characteristics under contemporary and future climate conditions

Abstract Freshwater ice plays an important role in physical, biological, and chemical processes affecting cold‐region lakes. To examine the potential magnitude of climate‐change‐related impacts in ice‐cover characteristics, particularly its formation, duration, breakup, thickness, and structural composition over North America, this study employs a one‐dimensional, process‐based, lake simulation model, ‘MyLake’ (Multi‐year simulation model for …