Dr Iestyn Woolway
Cymrawd Ymchwil Annibynnol NERC (Darllenydd)

- 2025
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Recent large-inland-lake outbursts on the Tibetan Plateau: processes, causes, and mechanisms
Xu, F., Liu, Y., Zhang, G., Woolway, R. I., Ju, J., Chen, W., Zhao, P., Zhu, Y., Zhou, T. & Wang, X., 26 Maw 2025, Yn: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 25, 3, t. 1187-1206 20 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Climate warming and heatwaves accelerate global lake deoxygenation
Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Woolway, R. I., Wang, X. & Zhang, Y., 21 Maw 2025, Yn: Science Advances. 11, 12, eadt5369.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A novel framework for accurate, automated and dynamic global lake mapping based on optical imagery
Zhou, T., Zhang, G., Wang, J., Zhu, Z., Woolway, R. I., Han, X., Xu, F. & Peng, J., 1 Maw 2025, Yn: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 221, t. 280-298 19 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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New insights on carbon forms in China’s rivers and lakes
Liu, D., Shi, K., Yan, N., Spyrakos, E., Tyler, A. N., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Duan, H., 1 Maw 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Science bulletin.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Pivotal role of snow depth, local atmospheric conditions, and large-scale climate signals on ice thinning in Finnish lakes
Naderian, D., Noori, R., Bateni, S. M., Jun, C., Kim, D., Shahmohammad, M., Alizadeh, F., Kianmehr, P. & Woolway, R. I., 25 Chwef 2025, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 966Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Global trends and regime state shifts of lacustrine aquatic vegetation
Luo, J., Duan, H., Xu, Y., Shen, M., Zhang, Y., Xiao, Q., Ni, G., Wang, K., Xin, Y., Qi, T., Feng, L., Qiu, Y., Jeppesen, E. & Woolway, R. I., 18 Ion 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: The Innovation.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Predicting Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in the World’s Largest Lakes Using Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks: Environmental Science & Technology
Saravani, M. J., Noori, R., Jun, C., Kim, D., Bateni, S. M., Kianmehr, P. & Woolway, R. I., 16 Ion 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Environmental Science and Technology. 59, 3, t. 1801-1810 10 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Algal blooms intensify in global large lakes over the past two decades
Wang, Y., Zhao, D., Woolway, R. I., Yan, H., Paerl, H. W., Zheng, Y., Zheng, C. & Feng, L., 11 Ion 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: National Science Review. nwaf011.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Decoupling of surface water storage from precipitation in global drylands due to anthropogenic activity
Zhao, G., Gao, H., Li, Y., Tang, Q., Woolway, R. I., Merder, J., Rosa, L. & Michalak, A. M., 10 Ion 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Nature Water. 3, 1, t. 80-88 9 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Environmental controls on the conversion of nutrients to chlorophyll in lakes
Naderian, D., Noori, R., Kim, D., Jun, C., Bateni, S. M., Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S., Shi, K., Qin, B., Zhang, Y., Jeppesen, E. & Maberly, S. C., 15 Ebr 2025, Yn: Water research. 274Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2024
- Cyhoeddwyd
Projected phenological shifts in stratification and overturning of ice-covered Northern Hemisphere lakes
Huang, L., Woolway, R. I., Timmermann, A. & Rodgers, K. B., 19 Rhag 2024, Yn: Communications Earth and Environment. 5, 1Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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More rapid lake heatwave development
Wang, X., Iestyn Woolway, R., Shi, K., Qin, B. & Zhang, Y., 15 Rhag 2024, Yn: Science bulletin. 69, 23, t. 3672-3676 5 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Reconstructing Tibetan Plateau lake bathymetry using ICESat-2 photon-counting laser altimetry
Han, X., Zhang, G., Wang, J., Tseng, K.-H., Li, J., Woolway, R. I., Shum, C. K. & Xu, F., 15 Rhag 2024, Yn: Remote Sensing of Environment. 315Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Widespread loss of safe lake ice access in response to a warming climate
Culpepper, J., Huang, L., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 11 Rhag 2024, Yn: PLoS ONE. 19, 12, t. e0313994Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Chinese ice-lake line shifts under climate change
Wang, W., Shi, K., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Zhang, Y., 10 Rhag 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Science bulletin.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Drinking water safety improvement and future challenge of lakes and reservoirs
Zhang, Y., Deng, J., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Song, C., Shi, K., Zhu, G., Hou, X., Zhang, Y., He, S., Woolway, R. I. & Li, N., 30 Tach 2024, Yn: Science bulletin. 69, 22, t. 3558-3570 13 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Increasing warm-season evaporation rates across European lakes under climate change
La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Lenters, J. D., Verburg, P., Kirillin, G., Shatwell, T., Couture, R.-M., Côté, M., Vinnå, C. L. R. & Woolway, R. I., 28 Tach 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Climatic Change. 177, 12Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Lake Cold Spells Are Declining Worldwide
Wang, X., Woolway, R. I., Shi, K., Qin, B. & Zhang, Y., 28 Tach 2024, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 22, t. e2024GL111300Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Disproportionate impact of atmospheric heat events on lake surface water temperature increases
Wang, X., Shi, K., Qin, B., Zhang, Y. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Tach 2024, Yn: Nature Climate Change. 14, 11, t. 1172-1177 6 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Global mapping of human-transformed dike-pond systems
Xu, Y., Feng, L., Fang, H., Song, X.-P., Gieseke, F., Kariryaa, A., Oehmcke, S., Gibson, L., Jiang, X., Lin, R., Woolway, R. I., Zheng, C., Brandt, M. & Fensholt, R., 1 Tach 2024, Yn: Remote Sensing of Environment. 313Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Surging compound drought–heatwaves underrated in global soils
Fan, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Peng, J., Liu, Y., Zhou, Y., Liu, Y., Zhu, Q., Song, C., Wan, R., Zhao, X. & Woolway, R. I., 7 Hyd 2024, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, 42, t. e2410294121Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Lake ice quality in a warming world
Culpepper, J., Jakobsson, E., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Hampton, S. E., Obertegger, U., Shchapov, K., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 19 Medi 2024, Yn: Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5, 10, t. 671-685 15 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Substantial increase of organic carbon storage in Chinese lakes
Liu, D., Shi, K., Chen, P., Yan, N., Ran, L., Kutser, T., Tyler, A. N., Spyrakos, E., Woolway, R. I., Zhang, Y. & Duan, H., 14 Medi 2024, Yn: Nature Communications. 15, 1Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Assessing ESA Climate Change Initiative data for the monitoring of phytoplankton abundance and phenology in deep lakes: Investigation on Lake Geneva
Bonnier, M., Anneville, O., Iestyn Woolway, R., Thackeray, S. J., Morin, G. P., Reynaud, N., Soulignac, F., Tormos, T. & Harmel, T., 1 Awst 2024, Yn: Journal of Great Lakes Research. 50, 4, 102372.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Emergence of lake conditions that exceed natural temperature variability
Huang, L., Woolway, R. I., Timmermann, A., Lee, S.-S., Rodgers, K. B. & Yamaguchi, R., 1 Awst 2024, Yn: Nature Geoscience. 17, 8, t. 763-769 7 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Declining lake ice in response to climate change can impact spending for local communities
Filazzola, A., Imrit, M. A., Fleck, A., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 5 Gorff 2024, Yn: PLoS ONE. 19, 7, t. e0299937Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Decarbonization potential of floating solar photovoltaics on lakes worldwide
Woolway, R. I., Zhao, G., Rocha, S. M. G., Thackeray, S. J. & Armstrong, A., 4 Meh 2024, Yn: Nature Water. 2, 6, t. 566-576 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Multivariate extremes in lakes
Woolway, R. I., Tong, Y., Feng, L., Zhao, G., Dinh, D. A., Shi, H., Zhang, Y. & Shi, K., 29 Mai 2024, Yn: Nature Communications. 15, 1Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Widespread societal and ecological impacts from projected Tibetan Plateau lake expansion
Xu, F., Zhang, G., Woolway, R. I., Yang, K., Wada, Y., Wang, J. & Crétaux, J.-F., 27 Mai 2024, Yn: Nature Geoscience. 17, 6, t. 516-523 8 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Detecting climate-related shifts in lakes: A review of the use of satellite Earth Observation
Calamita, E., Lever, J. J., Albergel, C., Woolway, R. I. & Odermatt, D., 1 Ebr 2024, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 4, t. 723-741 19 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Nonlinear responses in interannual variability of lake ice to climate change
Richardson, D. C., Filazzola, A., Woolway, R. I., Imrit, M. A., Bouffard, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Magnuson, J. & Sharma, S., 1 Ebr 2024, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 4, t. 789-801 13 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Ensemble modeling of global lake evaporation under climate change
La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Lenters, J. D., Verburg, P., Tan, Z., Perroud, M., Janssen, A. B. G. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Maw 2024, Yn: Journal of Hydrology. 631, 130647.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Lake Water Temperature Modeling in an Era of Climate Change: Data Sources, Models, and Future Prospects
Piccolroaz, S., Zhu, S., Ladwig, R., Carrea, L., Oliver, S., Piotrowski, A. P., Ptak, M., Shinohara, R., Sojka, M., Woolway, R. I. & Zhu, D. Z., Maw 2024, Yn: Reviews of Geophysics. 62, 1, e2023RG000816.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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National-scale remotely sensed lake trophic state from 1984 through 2020
Meyer, M. F., Topp, S. N., King, T. V., Ladwig, R., Pilla, R. M., Dugan, H. A., Eggleston, J. R., Hampton, S. E., Leech, D. M., Oleksy, I. A., Ross, J. C., Ross, M. R. V., Woolway, R. I., Yang, X., Brousil, M. R., Fickas, K. C., Padowski, J. C., Pollard, A. I., Ren, J. & Zwart, J. A., 16 Ion 2024, Yn: Scientific data. 11, 1, t. 77Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China
Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y. & Woolway, R. I., 2 Ion 2024, Yn: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 70.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2023
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Multi-decadal change in summer mean water temperature in Lake Konnevesi, Finland (1984–2021)
Noori, R., Woolway, R. I., Jun, C., Bateni, S. M., Naderian, D., Partani, S., Maghrebi, M. & Pulkkanen, M., 1 Rhag 2023, Yn: Ecological Informatics. 78, 102331.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Global lakes are warming slower than surface air temperature due to accelerated evaporation
Tong, Y., Feng, L., Wang, X., Pi, X., Xu, W. & Woolway, R. I., 23 Hyd 2023, Yn: Nature Water. 1, 11, t. 929-940 12 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The unprecedented 2022 extreme summer heatwaves increased harmful cyanobacteria blooms
Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Qian, H., Yang, H., Niu, Y., Qin, B., Zhu, G., Woolway, R. I. & Jeppesen, E., 20 Hyd 2023, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 896, 165312.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Climate change drives rapid warming and increasing heatwaves of lakes
Wang, X., Shi, K., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Woolway, R. I., Piao, S. & Jeppesen, E., 30 Gorff 2023, Yn: Science bulletin. 68, 14, t. 1574-1584 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The pace of shifting seasons in lakes
Woolway, R. I., 13 Ebr 2023, Yn: Nature Communications. 14, 2101.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A record-breaking extreme heat event caused unprecedented warming of lakes in China
Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Wang, S., Zhang, D., Peng, Y., Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Jeppesen, E., 30 Maw 2023, Yn: Science bulletin. 68, 6, t. 578-582 5 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Glacier Surface Heatwaves Over the Tibetan Plateau
Chen, W., Yao, T., Zhang, G., Woolway, R. I., Yang, W., Xu, F. & Zhou, T., 28 Maw 2023, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 6, e2022GL101115.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Numerical simulation of thermal stratification in Lake Qiandaohu using an improved WRF-Lake model
Wang, X., Wang, W., He, Y., Zhang, S., Huang, W., Woolway, R. I., Shi, K. & Yang, X., 1 Maw 2023, Yn: Journal of Hydrology. 618, 129184.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Climate tracking by freshwater fishes suggests that fish diversity in temperate lakes may be increasingly threatened by climate warming
Wu, T., Imrit, M. A., Movahedinia, Z., Kong, J., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 1 Chwef 2023, Yn: Diversity and Distributions. 29, 2, t. 300-315 16 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
- 2022
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Multi-model projections of future evaporation in a sub-tropical lake
La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Gal, G., Kirillin, G., Shatwell, T., Ladwig, R., Moore, T., Couture, R.-M., Cote, M., Vinna, C. L. R. & Woolway, R. I., Rhag 2022, Yn: Journal of Hydrology. 615, 128729.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Lakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems
Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S. & Smol, J. P., 30 Hyd 2022, Yn: BioScience. 72, 11, t. 1050-1061 12 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Space-based Earth observation in support of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement
Hegglin, M. I., Bastos, A., Bovensmann, H., Buchwitz, M., Fawcett, D., Ghent, D., Kulk, G., Sathyendranath, S., Shepherd, T. G., Quegan, S., Röthlisberger, R., Briggs, S., Buontempo, C., Cazenave, A., Chuvieco, E., Ciais, P., Crisp, D., Engelen, R., Fadnavis, S., Herold, M., Horwath, M., Jonsson, O., Kpaka, G., Merchant, C. J., Mielke, C., Nagler, T., Paul, F., Popp, T., Quaife, T., Rayner, N. A., Robert, C., Schröder, M., Sitch, S., Venturini, S., van der Schalie, R., van der Vliet, M., Wigneron, J.-P. & Woolway, R. I., 5 Hyd 2022, Yn: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Lake Ice Will Be Less Safe for Recreation and Transportation Under Future Warming
Woolway, R. I., Huang, L., Sharma, S., Lee, S.-S., Rodgers, K. B. & Timmermann, A., 1 Hyd 2022, Yn: Earth's Future. 10, 10, e2022EF002907.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Six Decades of Thermal Change in a Pristine Lake Situated North of the Arctic Circle
Noori, R., Woolway, R. I., Saari, M., Pulkkanen, M. & Klove, B., 26 Medi 2022, Yn: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 58, 9, e2021WR031543.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Earlier ice loss accelerates lake warming in the Northern Hemisphere
Li, X., Peng, S., Xi, Y., Woolway, R. I. & Liu, G., 2 Medi 2022, Yn: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 5156.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid