Thermal structure and energy budget in a small high mountain lake: La Caldera, Sierra Nevada, Spain

This work examines the diel change of energy storage and its associated patterns of thermal stratification during the ice-free period in a high mountain lake (La Caldera Lake, Sierra Nevada, Spain), in response to meteorological conditions. Bihourly data have been implemented to a standard methodolo...

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Published in:	New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research 2004-12, Vol.38 (5), p.879-894
Main Authors:	Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Miguel, Moreno-Ostos, Enrique, De Vicente, Inmaculada, Cruz-Pizarro, Luis, Da Silva, Sergio Luiz Rodrigues
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	diel variations energy budget Freshwater high mountain lake time-series analysis
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Summary:	This work examines the diel change of energy storage and its associated patterns of thermal stratification during the ice-free period in a high mountain lake (La Caldera Lake, Sierra Nevada, Spain), in response to meteorological conditions. Bihourly data have been implemented to a standard methodology of surface heat exchange calculations in lakes. Strong variations have been observed on the diverse components of the energy budget at different time scales, ranging from diel to seasonal. Additionally, time-series analyses have been applied to reveal the underlying periodicities involved in relation to the different variables studied. The results obtained from this study provided realistic conditions for the environmental modelling of such processes, which are very sensitive in time scale.
ISSN:	0028-8330 1175-8805