Sea, River, Lake Ice Properties and Their Applications in Practices

This Special Issue aims to highlight research articles focusing on the geographical scale of glacier and lake ice variations, as well as the engineering scale of ice properties and their practical applications via laboratory tests and numerical modeling. Additionally, it includes research on ecosystems under lake ice. The main goal is successfully achieved through the joint efforts of authors, anonymous reviewers, and editorial managers. In total, 1 review article and 15 research articles are included in this Special Issue. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including water resources from Chinese mountain glacier variation; lake ice phenology at different latitudes and altitudes around the world; ice properties from laboratory experiments and numerical modeling; ice engineering with different purposes in China and the Arctic; and ecosystem under lake ice at different temporal and spatial scales. This Special Issue received contributions from researchers from different parts of China and from Chinese international cooperation partners because of its focus on higher temperature ice under global warming. All papers presented are innovative and of high quality. This Special Issue can promote research on ice properties and their applications in practices ranging from mountains to sea, especially in popular water ecosystem environments under ice during seasonal ice period.

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This Special Issue focuses on research articles that examine glacier and lake ice variations at the geographical scale, as well as ice properties and their practical applications at the engineering scale through laboratory tests and numerical modeling. It also includes research on ecosystems under lake ice. The main goal of the issue has been achieved through the collaborative efforts of authors, anonymous reviewers, and editorial managers. Contributions from researchers in different parts of China and international cooperation partners have resulted in 1 review article and 15 research articles being included in this Special Issue. These articles cover a wide range of topics, including water resources from Chinese mountain glacier variation, lake ice phenology at different latitudes and altitudes worldwide, ice properties from laboratory experiments and numerical modeling, ice engineering in China and the Arctic, and ecosystems under lake ice at different temporal and spatial scales. The Special Issue is significant in promoting research on ice properties and their applications in various environments, particularly in water ecosystems under ice during seasonal ice periods.