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publications-2613
Type:
Peer reviewed articles
Year:
2019
Authors:
R. Iestyn Woolway, Christopher J. Merchant, Jamon Van Den Hoek, Cesar AzorinâMolina, Peeter NĂ”ges, Alo Laas, Eleanor B. Mackay, Ian D. Jones
Title:
Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Stilling Accelerates Lake Thermal Responses to a Warming World
Venue/Journal:
Geophysical Research Letters
DOI:
10.1029/2019GL082752
Research type:
Data Management & Analytics
Water System:
Natural Water Bodies
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Abstract:
AbstractClimate change, in particular the increase in air temperature, has been shown to influence lake thermal dynamics, with climatic warming resulting in higher surface temperatures, stronger stratification, and altered mixing regimes. Less studied is the influence on lake thermal dynamics of atmospheric stilling, the decrease in nearâsurface wind speed observed in recent decades. Here we use a lake model to assess the influence of atmospheric stilling, on lake thermal dynamics across the Northern Hemisphere. From 1980 to 2016, lake thermal responses to warming have accelerated as a result of atmospheric stilling. Lake surface temperatures and thermal stability have changed at respective rates of 0.33 and 0.38 °C/decade, with atmospheric stilling contributing 15% and 27% of the calculated changes, respectively. Atmospheric stilling also resulted in a lengthening of stratification, contributing 23% of the calculated changes. Our results demonstrate that atmospheric stilling has influenced lake thermal responses to warming.
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