Morphometry and trophic state modify the thermal response of lakes to meteorological forcing

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 667, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 241-254

  Nõges, Peeter ^a,b   Nõges, Tiina ^a,b   Ghiani, Michela ^a   Paracchini, Bruno ^a   Grande, Joaquin Pinto ^a   Sena, Fabrizio ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Birgean work; Heat content; Schmidt stability; Thermal stratification; Water transparency

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; LAKE; METEOROLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN;

ITALY;

BIRGEA;

EID: 79953706553     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0691-7     Document Type: Article

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