Global data set of long-term summertime vertical temperature profiles in 153 lakes

• Published in: Scientific Data
• Main Authors: Pilla, Rachel M., Mette, Elizabeth M., Williamson, Craig E., Adamovich, Boris V., Adrian, Rita, Anneville, Orlane, Balseiro, Esteban, Ban, Syuhei, Chandra, Sudeep, Colom-Montero, William, Devlin, Shawn P., Dix, Margaret A., Dokulil, Martin T., Feldsine, Natalie A., Feuchtmayr, Heidrun, Fogarty, Natalie K., Gaiser, Evelyn E., Girdner, Scott F., González, María J., Hambright, K. David, Hamilton, David P., Havens, Karl, Hessen, Dag O., Hetzenauer, Harald, Higgins, Scott N., Huttula, Timo H., Huuskonen, Hannu, Isles, Peter D. F., Joehnk, Klaus D., Keller, Wendel Bill, Klug, Jen, Knoll, Lesley B., Korhonen, Johanna, Korovchinsky, Nikolai M., Köster, Oliver, Kraemer, Benjamin M., Leavitt, Peter R., Leoni, Barbara, Lepori, Fabio, Lepskaya, Ekaterina V., Lottig, Noah R., Luger, Martin S., Maberly, Stephen C., MacIntyre, Sally, McBride, Chris, McIntyre, Peter, Melles, Stephanie J., Modenutti, Beatriz, Müller-Navarra, Dörthe C., Pacholski, Laura, Paterson, Andrew M., Pierson, Don C., Pislegina, Helen V., Plisnier, Pierre-Denis, Richardson, David C., Rimmer, Alon, Rogora, Michela, Rogozin, Denis Y., Rusak, James A., Rusanovskaya, Olga O., Sadro, Steve, Salmaso, Nico, Saros, Jasmine E., Sarvala, Jouko, Saulnier-Talbot, Émilie, Schindler, Daniel E., Shimaraeva, Svetlana V., Silow, Eugene A., Sitoki, Lewis M., Sommaruga, Ruben, Straile, Dietmar, Strock, Kristin E., Swain, Hilary, Tallant, Jason M., Thiery, Wim, Timofeyev, Maxim A., Tolomeev, Alexander P., Tominaga, Koji, Vanni, Michael J., Verburg, Piet, Vinebrooke, Rolf D., Wanzenböck, Josef, Weathers, Kathleen, Weyhenmeyer, Gesa A., Zadereev, Egor S., Zhukova, Tatyana V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature 2021
• Subjects: freshwater ecology; limnology; summertime; temperature profiles; lakes; temperature of water; temperature profile; digital curation; lake location; temporal interval; reservoir; global; warming surface waters; thermal structure; ecological processes; vertical mixing; oxygen depletion; sampling methods; physical descriptions; geographic region; Western North America; Central North America; Northeastern North America; Southeastern North America; Subarctic; Central and South America; Africa; Scandinavia and Northern Europe; Central Europe; Southern Europe; Eastern Europe; Russia; Middle East; Asia; Australia; New Zealand; Antarctica; ekologia; limnologia; kesä; lämpötilan pystyjakauma; lämpötilajakautuma; järvet; lämpötila; veden lämpötila; lämpeneminen; veden lämpeneminen; pystysuora sekoittuminen; happikato; otantamenetelmät; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/335192; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00983-y

Measurement(s) : temperature of water, temperature profile Technology Type(s) : digital curation Factor Type(s) : lake location, temporal interval Sample Characteristic - Environment : lake, reservoir Sample Characteristic - Location : global Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14619009 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 around the world. Though many studies highlight warming of surface water temperatures in lakes worldwide, less is known about long-term trends in full vertical thermal structure and deepwater temperatures, which have been changing less consistently in both direction and magnitude. Here, we present a globally-expansive data set of summertime in-situ vertical temperature profiles from 153 lakes, with one time series beginning as early as 1894. We also compiled lake geographic, morphometric, and water quality variables that can influence vertical thermal structure through a variety of potential mechanisms in these lakes. These long-term time series of vertical temperature profiles and corresponding lake characteristics serve as valuable data to help understand changes and drivers of lake thermal structure in a time of rapid global and ecological change.