; Jylhä et al., 2008; Räisänen, 2008) and to de-
crease snowmelt floods, which are currently the largest floods in
most parts of Finland. Significant changes in seasonality of runoff
and floods may occur in areas where a large proportion of runoff
is from snowmelt (e.g. Lettenmaier et al., 1999; Bates et al., 2008).
Finland extends from 70 North with sub-arctic climate to
60
North in the margins
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