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  • Globally distributed lake surface water temperatures collected in situ and by satellites; 1985-2009
  • Sharma, Sapna
    Gray, Derek
    Read, Jordan
    Oreilly, Catherine
    Schneider, Philipp
    Qudrat, Anam
    Gries, Corinna
    Stefanoff, Samantha
    Hampton, Stephanie
    Hook, Simon
    Lenters, John
    Livingstone, David
    McIntyre, Peter
    Adrian, Rita
    Allan, Mathew
    Anneville, Orlane
    Arvola, Lauri
    Austin, Jay
    Bailey, John
    Baron, Jill
    Brookes, Justin
    Chen, Yuwei
    Daly, Robert
    Dokulil, Martin
    Dong, Bo
    Ewing, Kye
    de Eyto, Elvira
    Hamilton, David
    Havens, Karl
    Haydon, Shane
    Hetzenauer, Harald
    Heneberry, Joceylene
    Hetherington, Amy
    Higgins, Scott
    Hixcon, Eric
    Izmest'eva, Lyubov
    Jones, Benjamin
    Kangur, Kullli
    Kasprzak, Peter
    Koster, Olivier
    Kraemer, Benjamin
    Kumagai, Michio
    Kuusisto, Esko
    Leshkevich, George
    May, Linda
    MacIntyre, Sally
    Mueller-Navarra, Doerthe
    Naumenko, Mikhail
    Noges, Peeter
    Noges, Tiina
    Niederhauser, Pius
    North, Ryan
    Paterson, Andrew
    Plisnier, Pierre-Denis
    Rigosi, Anna
    Rimmer, Alon
    Rogora, Michela
    Rudstram, Lars
    Rusak, James
    Salmaso, Nico
    Samal, Nihar
    Schindler, Daniel
    Schladow, Geoffrey
    Schmidt, Silke
    Schultz, Tracey
    Silow, Eugene
    Straile, Dietmar
    Teubner, Katrin
    Verburg, Piet
    Voutilainen, Ari
    Watkinson, Andrew
    Weyhenmeyer, Gesa
    Williamson, Craig
    Woo, Kara
  • 2014
  • Sharma, S., D. Gray, J. Read, C. Oreilly, P. Schneider, A. Qudrat, C. Gries, S. Stefanoff, S. Hampton, S. Hook, J. Lenters, D. Livingstone, P. McIntyre, R. Adrian, M. Allan, O. Anneville, L. Arvola, J. Austin, J. Bailey, J. Baron, J. Brookes, Y. Chen, R. Daly, M. Dokulil, B. Dong, K. Ewing, E. de Eyto, D. Hamilton, K. Havens, S. Haydon, H. Hetzenauer, J. Heneberry, A. Hetherington, S. Higgins, E. Hixcon, L. Izmest'eva, B. Jones, K. Kangur, P. Kasprzak, O. Koster, B. Kraemer, M. Kumagai, E. Kuusisto, G. Leshkevich, L. May, S. MacIntyre, D. Mueller-Navarra, M. Naumenko, P. Noges, T. Noges, P. Niederhauser, R. North, A. Paterson, P. Plisnier, A. Rigosi, A. Rimmer, M. Rogora, L. Rudstram, J. Rusak, N. Salmaso, N. Samal, D. Schindler, G. Schladow, S. Schmidt, T. Schultz, E. Silow, D. Straile, K. Teubner, P. Verburg, A. Voutilainen, A. Watkinson, G. Weyhenmeyer, C. Williamson, and K. Woo. 2015. Globally distributed lake surface water temperatures collected in situ and by satellites; 1985-2009 ver 3. Environmental Data Initiative. https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/379a6cebee50119df2575c469aba19c5 (Accessed 2020-10-15).
  • Global environmental change has influenced lake surface temperatures, a key driver of ecosystem structure and function. Recent studies have suggested significant warming of water temperatures in individual lakes across many different regions around the world. However, the spatial and temporal coherence associated with the magnitude of these trends remains unclear. Thus, a global dataset of water temperature is required to understand and synthesize global, long-term trends in surface water temperatures of inland bodies of water. We assembled a database of summer lake surface temperatures for 291 lakes collected in situ and/or by satellites for the period 1985-2009. In addition, corresponding climatic drivers (air temperatures, solar radiation, and cloud cover) and geomorphometric characteristics (latitude, longitude, elevation, lake surface area, maximum depth, mean depth, and volume) that influence lake surface temperatures were compiled for each lake. This unique dataset offers an invaluable baseline perspective on global-scale lake thermal conditions as environmental change continues. This dataset accompanies a data publication in the journal Scientific Data
  • N: 75.0      S: -50.2      E: 160.0      W: -177.0
  • doi:10.6073/pasta/379a6cebee50119df2575c469aba19c5
  • https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/eml/knb-lter-ntl/10001/3
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