[en] 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 data set 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.
Disciplines :
Aquatic sciences & oceanology
Author, co-author :
Sharma, S.; Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Gray, D.K.; California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA 15419, United States
Read, J.S.; U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Integrated Data Analytics, Middleton, WI 53562, United States
O'Reilly, C.M.; Department of Geography-Geology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790, United States
Schneider, P.; NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, 2027, Norway
Qudrat, A.; Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Gries, C.; Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
Stefanoff, S.; Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
Hampton, S.E.; Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States
Hook, S.; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyCA 91109, United States
Lenters, J.D.; LimnoTech, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States
Livingstone, D.M.; Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water, Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology), Duebendorf, CH-8600, Switzerland
McIntyre, P.B.; Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
Adrian, R.; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, D-12587, Germany
Allan, M.G.; Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato3240, New Zealand
Anneville, O.; French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Station D'hydrobiologie Lacustre (UMR CARRTEL), Thonon les Bains, 74200, France
Arvola, L.; University of Helsinki, Lammi Biological Station, Helsinki, FI-16900, Finland
Austin, J.; Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812, United States
Bailey, J.; Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
Baron, J.S.; U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
Brookes, J.; Water Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
Chen, Y.; Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences210008, China
Daly, R.; Australian Water Quality Center, SA Water Corporation5001, Australia
Dokulil, M.; Research Institute for Limnology, University Innsbruck, Mondsee, A-5310, Austria
Dong, B.; Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, United States
Ewing, K.; Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL 33960, United States
De Eyto, E.; Fisheries Ecosystems Advisory Services, Marine Institute, Newport, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Hamilton, D.; Environmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 3240, New Zealand
Havens, K.; Florida Sea Grant and University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, FL 32611, United States
Haydon, S.; Melbourne Water CorporationVIC 3001, Australia
Hetzenauer, H.; LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg, Institut für Seenforschung, Langenargen, D-88045, Germany
Heneberry, J.; Vale Living with Lakes Centre, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6, Canada
Hetherington, A.L.; Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
Higgins, S.N.; International Institute of Sustainable Development - Experimental Lakes Area, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2L6, Canada
Hixson, E.; Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, Holdredge, NE 68949, United States
Izmest'eva, L.R.; Scientific Research Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation
Jones, B.M.; U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK 99508, United States
Kangur, K.; Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences Rannu61117, Estonia
Kasprzak, P.; Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, 12587, Germany
Köster, O.; Wasserversorgung der Stadt Zurich (WVZ), Zurich, CH-8021, Switzerland
Kraemer, B.M.; Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, United States
Kumagai, M.; Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute, Otsu, Shiga, 520-0022, Japan
Kuusisto, E.; Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki, FI-00250, Finland
Leshkevich, G.; NOAA/Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, United States
May, L.; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bush Estate, Midlothian, EH260QB, United Kingdom
MacIntyre, S.; Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, United States
Müller-Navarra, D.; Department of Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, 22609, Germany
Naumenko, M.; Hydrology Laboratory, Limnology Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, 196105, Russian Federation
Noges, P.; Centre for Limnology, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartumaa, 61117, Estonia
Noges, T.; Centre for Limnology, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartumaa, 61117, Estonia
Niederhauser, P.; Amt fur Abfall, Wasser, Energie und Luft, Kanton Zurich, Zurich, CH-8005, Switzerland
North, R.P.; Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany
Paterson, A.M.; Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Dorset, ON P0A 1E0, Canada
Plisnier, Pierre-Denis ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Chemical Oceanography Unit (COU) ; Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, 3080, Belgium
Rigosi, A.; Water Research Centre, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 5005, Australia
Rimmer, A.; Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Lake Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Migdal, 14950, Israel
Rogora, M.; National Research Council, Institute of Ecosystem Study, Verbania, Pallanza, 28922, Italy
Rudstam, L.; Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
Rusak, J.A.; Dorset Environmental Science Centre, Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Dorset, ON P0A 1E0, Canada
Salmaso, N.; IASMA Research and Innovation Centre, Istituto Agrario di S. Michele all'Adige, Fondazione E. Mach, S. Michele all'Adige (Trento), 38010, Italy
Samal, N.R.; Institute for Sustainable Cities, City University of New York, New York, 10065, United States
Schindler, D.E.; School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
Schladow, G.; UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, Incline VillageNV 95616, United States
Schmidt, S.R.; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, D-12587, Germany
Schultz, T.; Sydney Catchment Authority, Penrith, NSW 2750, Australia
Silow, E.A.; Scientific Research Institute of Biology, Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation
Straile, D.; Department of Biology, Universitat Konstanz, Konstanz, 78464, Germany
Teubner, K.; Department of Limnology and Biological Oceanography, University of Vienna, Vienna, A-1090, Austria
Verburg, P.; National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Hamilton, 1010, New Zealand
Voutilainen, A.; Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, 70211, Finland
Watkinson, A.; Seqwater, Ipswich, QLD 4305, Australia
Weyhenmeyer, G.A.; Department of Ecology and Genetics/Limnology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75236, Sweden
Williamson, C.E.; Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, United States
Woo, K.H.; Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, United States
A global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985-2009
Publication date :
2015
Journal title :
Scientific Data
eISSN :
2052-4463
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Groups
Volume :
2
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding text :
We would like to thank the numerous field and research scientists who worked tirelessly to collect and document data from each lake over the past 25+ years. We thank Tim Kratz for helping with the initiation of this project. The Lake Baikal data are part of a dataset (No. 2005620028) registered with the government of the Russian Federation and collected by many Irkutsk State University staff, now supported by Russian Ministry of Education and Science, research project GR 01201461929, National Science Foundation (DEB-1136637) supported additional data management. Data for the Austrian lakes were extracted from the year books of the Austrian Hydrological Survey, Department IV/4—Water cycle, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. The daily time series from Lake Vättern since 1955 was prepared and provided by Vättern’s Water Protection Association. Dorset Environmental Science Centre lakes have been sampled under the supervision of two senior technicians, Robert Girard and Ron Ingram, and two research scientists, Norman Yan and Andrew Paterson. Data for the New York City drinking water reservoirs were sampled and provided by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP). Data for Lakes Peipsi and Võrtsjärv were provided by the Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. Some of the data for Loch Leven have been published by Dudley et al. (2013). Data for Plusssee were collected by the Max-Planck- Institute for Limnology, Ploen until 2006. Data from the Swiss lakes were kindly provided by the City of Zurich Water Supply (WVZ) and by the Amt für Abfall, Wasser, Energie und Luft (AWEL) of the Canton of Zurich. Data for Lakes Annecy, Bourget and Geneva are from the Information System of the SOERE OLA, INRA Thonon les Bains, CIPEL, CISALB, SILA. Data for Lake Constance were provided by the Institut für Seenforschung, Langenargen (Intenationale Gewässerschutzkommission für den Bodensee - IGKB). Sudbury area lakes have been sampled by the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit at Laurentian University, under the supervision of two research scientists, Bill Keller and Norman Yan. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Funding and other support for this project were provided by Amt für Abfall, Wasser, Energie und Luft (AWEL), Canton of Zurich, Switzerland; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Bay of Plenty Regional Council; Belgian Science Policy; Bristol Bay salmon processors; Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District; Chinese Academy of Sciences; City of Seattle; City of Zurich Water Supply (WVZ); Comité intersyndical pour l’assainissement du lac du Bourget (CISALB); Commission Internationale pour la Protection des Eaux du Léman (CIPEL), Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station; Environmental Agency of the Veneto Region; European Union Central Europe Programme (Project EULAKES, 2CE243P3; Garda); Belgian Federal Science Policy—Belgium; Estonian Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology; Estonian Ministry of Education and Research; Estonian Science Foundation; Finland''s Environmental Authorities; Finland State Budget; Finnish International Development Agency; Fish and Wildlife Service Landscape Conservation Cooperative; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Government of Canada; Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction; International Commission for the Protection of Water between Italy and Switzerland (CIPAIS); Israeli Water Authority; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries; Long Term Ecological Research Italian network ‘Southern Alpine lakes’; Marine Institute (Ireland); Max-Planck Society; Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; National Sciences and Engineering Research Council; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; National Park Service; National Science Foundation; Nebraska Game and Parks Commission; New York City Department of Environmental Protection; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change; Russian Academy of Sciences; Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation; Seqwater; State of Florida; Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Syndicat Mixte du Lac d''Annecy (SILA); United Kingdom Natural Environment Research Council, United States Department of Agriculture Hatch; United States Geological Survey; United States National Foundation Division of Environmental Biology (NSF DEB) Grant 1026843 to the Arctic Long Term Environmental Research Project; University of Nebraska—Lincoln; U.S. Geological Survey Center for Integrated Data Analytics, University of Washington; Vale Canada Limited (formerly Inco Limited), WVZ; Waikato Regional Council; West Coast Regional Council; Xstrata Nickel (formerly Falconbridge Ltd.) and York University.
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