Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3622402s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 22, CiteID L22402
Physics
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Global Change: Remote Sensing (1855), Geographic Location: Large Bodies Of Water (E.G., Lakes And Inland Seas) (0746), Global Change: Regional Climate Change, Global Change: Abrupt/Rapid Climate Change (4901, 8408)
Scientific paper
Large lake temperatures are excellent indicators of climate change; however, their usefulness is limited by the paucity of in situ measurements and lack of long-term data records. Thermal infrared satellite imagery has the potential to provide frequent and accurate retrievals of lake surface temperatures spanning several decades on a global scale. Analysis of seventeen years of data from the Along-Track Scanning Radiometer series of sensors and data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer shows that six lakes situated in California and Nevada have exhibited average summer nighttime warming trends of 0.11 ± 0.02°C yr-1 (p < 0.002) since 1992. A comparison with air temperature observations suggests that the lake surface temperature is warming approximately twice as fast as the average minimum surface air temperature.
Corlett G. K.
Hook Simon J.
Hulley G. C.
Radocinski Robert G.
Schladow Geoffrey S.
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