Dr Iestyn Woolway
Cymrawd Ymchwil Annibynnol NERC (Darllenydd)
Aelodaeth
Contact info
Room: 308 Craig Mair
Email: iestyn.woolway@bangor.ac.uk
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Dr Iestyn Woolway's research focuses on the physical interactions between climate and water, with a particular interest in the physics and hydrology of lakes worldwide. This includes aspects such as climate-induced variations in lake evaporation, water temperature, ice cover and energy fluxes. Using a combination of in-situ, satellite, and modelled data, his research aims to answer key questions that relate to climate-related changes of inland waters. He graduated from Bangor University in 2011 with a BSc and MSc in Physical Oceanography and then undertook a PhD in Physical Limnology at University College London (2011-2015). Dr Woolway was then a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading (2015-2018). In 2018, Dr Woolway was awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, hosted at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Ireland), followed by a European Space Agency Fellowship in 2020 - based at the ESA Climate Office in Oxfordshire. In 2021, Dr Woolway was awarded a UK Natural Environment Research Council Independent Research Fellowship. He joined the School of Ocean Sciences as a NERC Independent Research Fellow (Reader) in 2022. In 2023 he was awarded a Dillwyn Medal for STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) from the Learned Society of Wales in recognition of early career research excellence for his work in the field of global environmental change. In 2024, he was awarded a Distinguished Scientist fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences via the President's International Fellowship Initiative.
Research Areas
- Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
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A comparison of the diel variability in epilimnetic temperature for five lakes in the English Lake District
Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Feuchtmayr, H. & Maberly, S. C., 20 Ebr 2015, Yn: INLAND WATERS. 5, 2, t. 139-154Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
A framework for ensemble modelling of climate change impacts on lakes worldwide: the ISIMIP Lake Sector
Golub, M., Thiery, W., Marce, R., Pierson, D., Vanderkelen, I., Mercado-Bettin, D., Woolway, R. I., Grant, L., Jennings, E., Kraemer, B. M., Schewe, J., Zhao, F., Frieler, K., Mengel, M., Bogomolov, V. Y., Bouffard, D., Cote, M., Couture, R-M., Debolskiy, A. V., Droppers, B., Gal, G., Guo, M., Janssen, A. B. G., Kirillin, G., Ladwig, R., Magee, M., Moore, T., Perroud, M., Piccolroaz, S., Vinnaa, L. R., Schmid, M., Shatwell, T., Stepanenko, V. M., Tan, Z., Woodward, B., Yao, H., Adrian, R., Allan, M., Anneville, O., Arvola, L., Atkins, K., Boegman, L., Carey, C., Christianson, K., de Eyto, E., DeGasperi, C., Grechushnikova, M., Hejzlar, J., Joehnk, K., Jones, I. D., Laas, A., Mackay, E. B., Mammarella, I., Markensten, H., McBride, C., Ozkundakci, D., Potes, M., Rinke, K., Robertson, D., Rusak, J. A., Salgado, R., van der Linden, L., Verburg, P., Wain, D., Ward, N. K., Wollrab, S. & Zdorovennova, G., 16 Meh 2022, Yn: Geoscientific Model Development. 15, 11, t. 4597-4623Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A multi-lake comparative analysis of the General Lake Model (GLM): Stress-testing across a global observatory network
Bruce, L. C., Frassl, M. A., Arhonditsis, G. B., Gal, G., Hamilton, D. P., Hanson, P. C., Hetherington, A. L., Melack, J. M., Read, J. S., Rinke, K., Rigosi, A., Trolle, D., Winslow, L., Adrian, R., Ayala, A. I., Bocaniov, S. A., Boehrer, B., Boon, C., Brookes, J. D., Bueche, T., Busch, B. D., Copetti, D., Cortes, A., de Eyto, E., Elliott, J. A., Gallina, N., Gilboa, Y., Guyennon, N., Huang, L., Kerimoglu, O., Lenters, J. D., MacIntyre, S., Makler-Pick, V., McBride, C. G., Moreira, S., Oezkundakci, D., Pilotti, M., Rueda, F. J., Rusak, J. A., Samal, N. R., Schmid, M., Shatwell, T., Snorthheim, C., Soulignac, F., Valerio, G., van der Linden, L., Vetter, M., Vincon-Leite, B., Wang, J., Weber, M., Wickramaratne, C., Woolway, R. I., Yao, H. & Hipsey, M. R., 14 Ebr 2018, Yn: Environmental Modelling and Software. 102, t. 274-291Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A novel method for estimating the onset of thermal stratification in lakes from surface water measurements
Woolway, R. I., Maberly, S. C., Jones, I. D. & Feuchtmayr, H., 25 Meh 2014, Yn: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 50, 6, t. 5131-5140Allbwn 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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Altitudinal dependence of a statistically significant diel temperature cycle in Scottish lochs
Woolway, R. I., Livingstone, D. M. & Kernan, M., 26 Awst 2015, Yn: INLAND WATERS. 5, 4, t. 311-316Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Amplified surface temperature response of cold, deep lakes to inter-annual air temperature variability
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 23 Meh 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Atmospheric stilling leads to prolonged thermal stratification in a large shallow polymictic lake
Woolway, R. I., Meinson, P., Noges, P., Jones, I. D. & Laas, A., 1 Ebr 2017, Yn: Climatic Change. 141, 4, t. 759-773Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing
Grant, L., Vanderkelen, I., Gudmundsson, L., Tan, Z., Perroud, M., Stepanenko, V. M., Debolskiy, A. V., Droppers, B., Janssen, A. B. G., Woolway, R. I., Choulga, M., Balsamo, G., Kirillin, G., Schewe, J., Zhao, F., del Valle, I. V., Golub, M., Pierson, D., Marce, R., Seneviratne, S. I. & Thiery, W., 18 Hyd 2021, Yn: Nature Geoscience. 14, 11Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Automated calculation of surface energy fluxes with high-frequency lake buoy data
Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Hamilton, D. P., Maberly, S. C., Muraoka, K., Read, J. S., Smyth, R. L. & Winslow, L. A., 1 Awst 2015, Yn: Environmental Modelling and Software. 70, t. 191-198Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Citizen science shows systematic changes in the temperature difference between air and inland waters with global warming
University, U., Mackay, M., Stockwell, J. D., Thiery, W., Grossart, H-P., Augusto-Silva, P. B., Baulch, H. M., de Eyto, E., Hejzlar, J., Kangur, K., Kirillin, G., University, U., Rusak, J. A., Davis, U. O. & Reading, U., 6 Maw 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7Allbwn 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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Climate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat
Kraemer, B. M., Pilla, R. M., Woolway, R. I., Anneville, O., Ban, S., Colom-Montero, W., Devlin, S. P., Dokulil, M. T., Gaiser, E. E., Hambright, K. D., Hessen, D. O., Higgins, S. N., Johnk, K. D., Keller, W., Knoll, L. B., Leavitt, P. R., Lepori, F., Luger, M. S., Maberly, S. C., Mueller-Navarra, D. C., Paterson, A. M., Pierson, D. C., Richardson, D. C., Rogora, M., Rusak, J. A., Sadro, S., Salmaso, N., Schmid, M., Silow, E. A., Sommaruga, R., Stelzer, J. A. A., Straile, D., Thiery, W., Timofeyev, M. A., Verburg, P., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & Adrian, R., 3 Meh 2021, Yn: Nature Climate Change. 11, 6, t. 521-529Allbwn 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
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Climate velocity in inland standing waters
Woolway, R. I. & Maberly, S. C., 1 Rhag 2020, Yn: Nature Climate Change. 10, 12, t. 1124-U91Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Compound hot temperature and high chlorophyll extreme events in global lakes
Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Zscheischler, J. & Albergel, C., 16 Rhag 2021, Yn: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 12, 124066.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Consequences of gas flux model choice on the interpretation of metabolic balance across 15 lakes
Dugan, H. A., Woolway, R. I., Santoso, A. B., Corman, J. R., Jaimes, A., Nodine, E. R., Patil, V. P., Zwart, J. A., Brentrup, J. A., Hetherington, A. L., Oliver, S. K., Read, J. S., Winters, K. M., Hanson, P. C., Read, E. K., Winslow, L. A. & Weathers, K. C., 2 Tach 2016, Yn: INLAND WATERS. 6, 4, t. 581-592Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Delving deeper: Metabolic processes in the metalimnion of stratified lakes
Giling, D. P., Staehr, P. A., Grossart, H. P., Andersen, M. R., Boehrer, B., Escot, C., Evrendilek, F., Gomez-Gener, L., Honti, M., Jones, I. D., Karakaya, N., Laas, A., Moreno-Ostos, E., Rinke, K., Scharfenberger, U., Schmidt, S. R., Weber, M., Woolway, R. I., Zwart, J. A. & Obrador, B., 1 Mai 2017, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 62, 3, t. 1288-1306Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Diel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Maberly, S. C., French, J. R., Livingstone, D. M., Monteith, D. T., Simpson, G., Thackeray, S. J., Copenhagen, U., London, U., DeGasperi, C. L., Evans, C. D., de Eyto, E., Feuchtmayr, H., Hamilton, D., Kernan, M., Krokowski, J., Rimmer, A., Rose, K. C., Rusak, J. A., Ryves, D. B., Scott, D. R., Shilland, E. M., Smyth, R. L., Staehr, P. A., Thomas, R., Waldron, S. & Weyhenmeyer, G., 29 Maw 2016, Yn: PLoS ONE. 11, 3Allbwn 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
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Energy input and dissipation in a temperate lake during the spring transition
Woolway, R. & Simpson, J., Awst 2017, Yn: Ocean Dynamics. 67, 8, t. 959-971Allbwn 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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Geographic and temporal variations in turbulent heat loss from lakes: A global analysis across 45 lakes
Woolway, R. I., Verburg, P., Lenters, J. D., Merchant, C. J., Hamilton, D. P., Brookes, J., de Eyto, E., Kelly, S., Healey, N. C., Hook, S., Laas, A., Pierson, D., Rusak, J. A., Kuha, J., Karjalainen, J., Kallio, K., Lepistoe, A. & Jones, I. D., 1 Tach 2018, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 63, 6, t. 2436-2449Allbwn 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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Global Heat Uptake by Inland Waters
Vanderkelen, I., van Lipzig, N. P. M., Lawrence, D. M., Droppers, B., Golub, M., Gosling, S. N., Janssen, A. B. G., Marce, R., Schmied, H. M., Perroud, M., Pierson, D., Pokhrel, Y., Satoh, Y., Schewe, J., Seneviratne, S. . I., Stepanenko, V. M., Tan, Z., Woolway, R. . I. & Thiery, W., 28 Meh 2020, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 12Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid