Criteria for the onset and breakup of summer lake stratification based on routine temperature measurements

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-194

  Engelhardt, Christof ^a,b   Kirillin, Georgiy ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b Department of Ecohydrology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

High resolution data; Lake mixing; Real time ecohydrology; Stability; Stability threshold; Stratification duration; Temperate lakes; Temperature threshold

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; DATA SET; ECOHYDROLOGY; LAKE WATER; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GERMANY;

EID: 84940218159     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2014/0582     Document Type: Article

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