Research Article

Estimation of Continental-Basin-Scale Sublimation in the Lena River Basin, Siberia

Table 3

Spatial correlations of various factors with accumulated sublimation in CTL9900.

FactorsSpatial correlation—sublimationSpatial correlation—percentage of sublimation

Elevation0.350.25
Vegetation density0.860.86
Accumulated snowfall−0.87−0.92
Mean air temperature−0.30−0.20
Mean water vapor pressure−0.36−0.27

Note: wind speed and latitude had no correlation. All correlation coefficients were significant at the 0.01 level.