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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-695-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-7-695-2026
Research article
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29 Apr 2026
Research article |  | 29 Apr 2026

Sea-effect snowfall in the Baltic Sea area in 1998–2018 derived from convection-permitting climate model data

Meri Virman, Taru Olsson, Petter Lind, and Kirsti Jylhä

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We use a kilometer-scale regional climate model to investigate the occurrence and intensity of sea-effect snowfall in the Baltic Sea region during 1998–2018. Sea-effect snowbands occur most frequently from November to February and when low-level winds have an easterly component near the eastern coast of Sweden and the southern coast of Finland. Over the southern Baltic Sea, snowbands tend to occur under northerly low-level winds and are most common from December to March.
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