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Open AccessGlobal data set of long-term summertime vertical temperature profiles in 153 lakes
Climate change and other anthropogenic stressors have led to long-term changes in the thermal structure, including surface temperatures, deepwater temperatures, and vertical thermal gradients, in many lakes ar...
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Open AccessDeeper waters are changing less consistently than surface waters in a global analysis of 102 lakes
Globally, lake surface water temperatures have warmed rapidly relative to air temperatures, but changes in deepwater temperatures and vertical thermal structure are still largely unknown. We have compiled the ...
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Water Management in a Complex Hydrological Basin—Application of Water Evaluation and Planning Tool (WEAP) to the Lake Kinneret Watershed, Israel
Sustainability of fresh water ecosystems and human activities in Mediterranean watersheds under future climate change can be supported with integrated hydrological modeling. The Lake Kinneret Watershed (LKW), ...
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Effect of Land-use Change Scenarios on Nutrients and TSS Loads
The projected growth in population in Israel by 50 % by 2030 will greatly enhance urban density and motivate increased urbanization of rural regions in the country. The Lake Kinneret watershed is a rural regio...
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Open AccessA global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985–2009
Global environmental change has influenced lake surface temperatures, a key driver of ecosystem structure and function. Recent studies have suggested significant warming of water temperatures in individual lak...
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Meteorology
Two key factors in the climate of the Lake Kinneret surrounding affect significantly the physical characteristics of the lake: the relatively high temperatures year round (annual mean of 21 °C) and the wind re...
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Salinity
The salinity of Lake Kinneret, which fluctuates between 190 and 280 mg L−1 Cl−, is significantly higher than the salinity of surface streams that flow to the lake. The high salinity is mainly derived from saline ...
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Hydrology
Lake Kinneret watershed, which spans over 2,730 km2, divided between Israel, Lebanon, and Syria, incorporates four different hydrogeological units: the Jurassic mountainous karst of Mt. Hermon, the basalt plateau...
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Physical Controls on Spatial Variability in Decomposition of Organic Matter in Lake Kinneret, Israel
High resolution chemical data collected during summer 2003 indicate that the lower water mass (LWM) of the thermally stratified Lake Kinneret (LK) can be subdivided into three layers: a benthic boundary layer ...
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Watershed Hydrology of the (Semi) Humid Ethiopian Highlands
Understanding the basic relationships between rainfall, runoff and soil loss is vital for effective management and utilization of water resources and soil conservation planning. A study was conducted in three ...
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Impact of Climate Change on Water Availability in
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Wetting and nonwetting fluid displacements in porous media
The understanding of simple laminar flow in tubes has often been used to interpret the more complicated flow in porous media. A study of the motion of two immiscible liquids in closed tubes with relatively lar...
