Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 10773-10781

  O'Reilly, Catherine M ^a   Sharma, Sapna ^b   Gray, Derek K ^c   Hampton, Stephanie E ^d   Read, Jordan S ^e   Rowley, Rex J ^a   Schneider, Philipp ^f   Lenters, John D ^g   McIntyre, Peter B ^h   Kraemer, Benjamin M ^h   Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A ⁱ   Straile, Dietmar ^j   Dong, Bo ^k   Adrian, Rita ^l   Allan, Mathew G ^m   Anneville, Orlane ⁿ   Arvola, Lauri ^o   Austin, Jay ^p   Bailey, John L ^q   Baron, Jill S ^r   Brookes, Justin D ^s   De Eyto, Elvira ^t   Dokulil, Martin T ^u   Hamilton, David P ^v   Havens, Karl ^w   Hetherington, Amy L ^x   Higgins, Scott N ^y   Hook, Simon ^z   Izmest'Eva, Lyubov R ^aa   Joehnk, Klaus D ^ab   Kangur, Kulli ^ac   Kasprzak, Peter ^l   Kumagai, Michio ^ad   Kuusisto, Esko ^ae   Leshkevich, George ^af   Livingstone, David M ^ag   MacIntyre, Sally ^ah   May, Linda ^ai   Melack, John M ^ah   Mueller Navarra, Doerthe C ^aj   Naumenko, Mikhail ^ak   Noges, Peeter ^ac   Noges, Tiina ^ac   North, Ryan P ^al   Plisnier, Pierre Denis ^am   Rigosi, Anna ^s   Rimmer, Alon ^an   Rogora, Michela ^ao   Rudstam, Lars G ^x   Rusak, James A ^ap   Salmaso, Nico ^aq   Samal, Nihar R ^ar   Schindler, Daniel E ^as   Schladow, S Geoffrey ^at   Schmid, Martin ^ag   Schmidt, Silke R ^l   Silow, Eugene ^aa   Soylu, M Evren ^au   Teubner, Katrin ^av   Verburg, Piet ^aw   Voutilainen, Ari ^ax   Watkinson, Andrew ^ay   Williamson, Craig E ^az   Zhang, Guoqing ^ba   more..

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e US Geological Survey Center for Integrated Data Analytics   (United States)

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g LimnoTech   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^k STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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

^m UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

ⁿ UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^q LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^r Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^t MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^u UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^v Environmental Research Institute   (New Zealand)

^w UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^x Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^y INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^z CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^aa IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^ab CSIRO   (Australia)

^ac ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^ad RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^ae FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^af NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^ag SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ai CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^ak ST PETERSBURG INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATION   (Russian Federation)

^al INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^am ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^an ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^ao CNR   (Italy)

^ap ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^aq RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^as UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^at University of California   (United States)

^au MELIKSAH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^av UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^aw NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^ay Seqwater   (Australia)

^az MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ba CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

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Author keywords

climate change; lakes; temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATIC FACTORS; CLOUD COVER; ICE-COVERED; LOCAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE WATER; SURFACE WATER; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84955176607     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066235     Document Type: Article

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