Dr Iestyn Woolway
NERC Independent Research Fellow

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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 Dec 2024, In: Remote Sensing of Environment. 315Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Satellite and In Situ Observations for Advancing Global Earth Surface Modelling: A Review
Balsamo, G., Agusti-Parareda, A., Albergel, C., Arduini, G., Beljaars, A., Bidlot, J., Bousserez, N., Boussetta, S., Brown, A., Buizza, R., Buontempo, C., Chevallier, F., Choulga, M., Cloke, H., Cronin, M. F., Dahoui, M., De Rosnay, P., Dirmeyer, P. A., Drusch, M., Dutra, E., Ek, M. B., Gentine, P., Hewitt, H., Keeley, S. P. E., Kerr, Y., Kumar, S., Lupu, C., Mahfouf, J.-F., McNorton, J., Mecklenburg, S., Mogensen, K., Munoz-Sabater, J., Orth, R., Rabier, F., Reichle, R., Ruston, B., Pappenberger, F., Sandu, I., Seneviratne, S. I., Tietsche, S., Trigo, I. F., Uijlenhoet, R., Wedi, N., Woolway, R. I. & Zeng, X., 14 Dec 2018, In: Remote Sensing. 10, 12Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Severe Lake Heatwaves Attributable to Human-Induced Global Warming
Woolway, I., Albergel, C., Froelicher, T. & Perroud, M., 28 Feb 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 4, 10 p., e2021GL097031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2022, In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 58, 9, e2021WR031543.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Substantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Schmid, M., Dokulil, M. T., de Eyto, E., Maberly, S. C., May, L. & Merchant, C. J., 15 May 2019, In: Climatic Change. 155, 1, p. 81-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121, 42, p. e2410294121Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The EUSTACE Project: Delivering Global, Daily Information on Surface Air Temperature
Rayner, N. A., Auchmann, R., Bessembinder, J., Bronnimann, S., Brugnara, Y., Capponi, F., Carrea, L., Dodd, E. M. A., Ghent, D., Good, E., Hoyer, J. L., Kennedy, J. J., Kent, E. C., Killick, R. E., van der Linden, P., Lindgren, F., Madsen, K. S., Merchant, C. J., Mitchelson, J. R., Morice, C. P., Nielsen-Englyst, P., Ortiz, P. F., Remedios, J. J., van der Schrier, G., Squintu, A. A., Stephens, A., Thorne, P. W., Tonboe, R. T., Trent, T., Veal, K. L., Waterfall, A. M., Winfield, K., Winn, J. & Woolway, R. I., Nov 2020, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101, 11, p. E1924-E1947Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The annual cycle of energy input, modal excitation and physical plus biogenic turbulent dissipation in a temperate lake
Simpson, J., Woolway, I., Scannell, B., Austin, M., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Jun 2021, In: Water Resources Research. 57, 6, 2020WR029441.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The importance of lake-specific characteristics for water quality across the continental United States
Read, E. K., Patil, V. P., Oliver, S. K., Hetherington, A. L., Brentrup, J. A., Zwart, J. A., Winters, K. M., Corman, J. R., Nodine, E. R., Woolway, R. I., Dugan, H. A., Jaimes, A., Santoso, A. B., Hong, G. S., Winslow, L. A., Hanson, P. C. & Weathers, K. C., 1 Jun 2015, In: Ecological Applications. 25, 4, p. 943-955Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The pace of shifting seasons in lakes
Woolway, R. I., 13 Apr 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 2101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 896, 165312.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variability in epilimnion depth estimations in lakes
Wilson, H. L., Ayala, A. I., Jones, I. D., Rolston, A., Pierson, D., de Eyto, E., Grossart, H.-P., Perga, M.-E., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 24 Nov 2020, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 24, 11, p. 5559-5577Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Warming of Central European lakes and their response to the 1980s climate regime shift
Woolway, R. I., Dokulil, M. T., Marszelewski, W., Schmid, M., Bouffard, D. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Jun 2017, In: Climatic Change. 142, 3-4, p. 505-520Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Warming winters threaten peripheral Arctic charr populations of Europe
Kelly, S., Moore, T. N., de Eyto, E., Dillane, M., Goulon, C., Guillard, J., Lasne, E., McGinnity, P., Poole, R., Winfield, I. J., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 17 Oct 2020, In: Climatic Change. 163, 1, p. 599-618Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Widespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes
Jane, S. F., Hansen, G. J. A., Kraemer, B. M., Leavitt, P. R., Mincer, J. L., North, R. L., Pilla, R. M., Stetler, J. T., Williamson, C. E., Woolway, R. I., Arvola, L., Chandra, S., DeGasperi, C. L., Diemer, L., Dunalska, J., Erina, O., Flaim, G., Grossart, H.-P., Hambright, K. D., Hein, C., Hejzlar, J., Janus, L. L., Jenny, J.-P., Knoll, L. B., Leoni, B., Mackay, E., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., McBride, C., Muller-Navarra, D. C., Paterson, A. M., Pierson, D., Rogora, M., Rusak, J. A., Sadro, S., Saulnier-Talbot, E., Schmid, M., Sommaruga, R., Thiery, W., Verburg, P., Weathers, K. C., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Yokota, K. & Rose, K. C., 2 Jun 2021, In: Nature. 594, 7861, p. 66-70Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Widespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world
Sharma, S., Blagrave, K., Magnuson, J. J., O'Reilly, C. M., Oliver, S., Batt, R. D., Magee, M. R., Straile, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Winslow, L. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Mar 2019, In: Nature Climate Change. 9, 3, p. 227-231Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 12, p. e0313994Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 May 2024, In: Nature Geoscience. 17, 6, p. 516-523 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Winter inverse lake stratification under historic and future climate change
Woolway, R. I., Denfeld, B., Tan, Z., Jansen, J., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & La Fuente, S., 1 Aug 2022, In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 7, 4, p. 302-311Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Worldwide alteration of lake mixing regimes in response to climate change
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Apr 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 12, 4, p. 271-276Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ecological Consequences of Climate Extremes for Lakes
Jennings, E., de Eyto, E., Jones, I. D., Ibelings, B., Adrian, R. & Woolway, I., 1 Jun 2021, Encyclopedia of Inland Waters: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. ElsevierResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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 Oct 2022, In: BioScience. 72, 11, p. 1050-1061 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review