Dr Iestyn Woolway
NERC Independent Research Fellow

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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 Apr 2015, In: INLAND WATERS. 5, 2, p. 139-154Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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 Jun 2022, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 15, 11, p. 4597-4623Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2018, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 102, p. 274-291Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2025, In: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 221, p. 280-298 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2014, In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 50, 6, p. 5131-5140Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2023, In: Science bulletin. 68, 6, p. 578-582 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: National Science Review. nwaf011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2015, In: INLAND WATERS. 5, 4, p. 311-316Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Great Lakes Research. 50, 4, 102372.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2017, In: Climatic Change. 141, 4, p. 759-773Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2021, In: Nature Geoscience. 14, 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2015, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 70, p. 191-198Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chinese ice-lake line shifts under climate change
Wang, W., Shi, K., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Zhang, Y., 10 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science bulletin.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jul 2023, In: Science bulletin. 68, 14, p. 1574-1584 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2021, In: Nature Climate Change. 11, 6, p. 521-529Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Feb 2023, In: Diversity and Distributions. 29, 2, p. 300-315 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate velocity in inland standing waters
Woolway, R. I. & Maberly, S. C., 1 Dec 2020, In: Nature Climate Change. 10, 12, p. 1124-U91Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate warming and heatwaves accelerate global lake deoxygenation
Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Woolway, R. I., Wang, X. & Zhang, Y., 21 Mar 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 12, eadt5369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 12, 124066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2016, In: INLAND WATERS. 6, 4, p. 581-592Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2024, In: Nature Water. 2, 6, p. 566-576 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jul 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 7, p. e0299937Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Water. 3, 1, p. 80-88 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 May 2017, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 62, 3, p. 1288-1306Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2024, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 4, p. 723-741 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 3Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2024, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 11, p. 1172-1177 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2024, In: Science bulletin. 69, 22, p. 3558-3570 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 5156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2024, In: Nature Geoscience. 17, 8, p. 763-769 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Energy input and dissipation in a temperate lake during the spring transition
Woolway, R. & Simpson, J., Aug 2017, In: Ocean Dynamics. 67, 8, p. 959-971Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology. 631, 130647.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2025, In: Water research. 274Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2018, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 63, 6, p. 2436-2449Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 6, e2022GL101115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global increase in methane production under future warming of lake bottom waters
Jansen, J., Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Albergel, C., Bastviken, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Marce, R., Sharma, S., Sobek, S., Tranvik, L. J., Perroud, M., Golub, M., Moore, T. N., Vinna, L. R., La Fuente, S., Grant, L., Pierson, D. C., Thiery, W. & Jennings, E., Sept 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 18, p. 5427-5440 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global lake responses to climate change
Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Lenters, J. D., Merchant, C. J., O'Reilly, C. M. & Sharma, S., 1 Aug 2020, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 1, p. 388-403Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global lake thermal regions shift under climate change
Maberly, S. C., O'Donnell, R. A., Woolway, R. I., Cutler, M. E. J., Gong, M., Jones, I. D., Merchant, C. J., Miller, C. A., Politi, E., Scott, E. M., Thackeray, S. J. & Tyler, A. N., 6 Mar 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2023, In: Nature Water. 1, 11, p. 929-940 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 313Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global reconstruction of twentieth century lake surface water temperature reveals different warming trends depending on the climatic zone
Piccolroaz, S., Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Jun 2020, In: Climatic Change. 160, 3, p. 427-442Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Innovation.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of the 2018 European heatwave on lake surface water temperature
Woolway, R. I., Jennings, E. & Carrea, L., 2 Jul 2020, In: INLAND WATERS. 10, 3, p. 322-332Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Increasing maximum lake surface temperature under climate change
Dokulil, M. T., Maberly, S. C., May, L., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Woolway, R. I. & de Eyto, E., 22 Apr 2021, In: Climatic Change. 165, 56Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Climatic Change. 177, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intralake Heterogeneity of Thermal Responses to Climate Change: A Study of Large Northern Hemisphere Lakes
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 27 Mar 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmospheres. 123, 6, p. 3087-3098Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lake Cold Spells Are Declining Worldwide
Wang, X., Woolway, R. I., Shi, K., Qin, B. & Zhang, Y., 28 Nov 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 22, p. e2024GL111300Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review