Invert the Lebedev ice-growth law to obtain the original accumulated freezing degree-days:
The average cold over days is therefore approximately below the reference. Assuming the warmed days remain below the freezing-degree-day threshold, a increase removes degree-days. Hence
The estimated end-of-winter thickness falls by about m, or . This applies the same empirical growth law to the altered temperature forcing; it does not add changes in snow, winds or ocean heat.