?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4181%2F&rft.title=Impact+of+Climate+Change+on+Global+Sensitivity+of+Lake+Stratification&rft.creator=Meyer%2C+G.K.&rft.creator=Masliev%2C+I.&rft.creator=Somlyody%2C+L.&rft.description=Global+climate+change+could+significantly+influence+hydrophysical+processes+in+lakes+and+reservoirs+and+affect+aquatic+ecosystems.+The+present+work+addresses+possible+impacts+on+thermal+household+of+standing+waters.+Sensitivity+studies+were+performed+to+identify+the+influence+of+air+temperature+changes+on+lake+stratification+patterns+for+different+geographic+zones+of+the+globe.+Ice+cover+and+convective+overturn+events+were+selected+as+indicators.+Hypothetical+waterbodies+used+in+this+series+of+simulations+were+assumed+typical+for+shallow%2C+deep%2C+and+intermediate+lakes.+A+vertical+one-dimensional+hydrothermal+model+developed+at+the+Institute+for+Water+and+Ecological+Problems+(Russia)+was+used+to+simulate+water+temperature+and+components+of+the+thermal+energy+budget.+The+model+was+cross-checked+with+a+similar+model+WQRRS+(University+of+California-Davis).+Simulation+results+appear+to+be+consistent+with+existing+stratification-based+classification+of+lakes.+Sensitivity+analysis+showed+that+effect+of+changing+climate+is+roughly+equivalent+to+a+corresponding+change+in+geographic+location%2C+approximately+one+latitude+degree+per+one+degree+Celsius+of+air+temperature.+Zones+of+higher+sensitivity+to+air+temperature+change+were+revealed+where+changes+were+especially+profound%2C+namely+subtropical+zone+30-40+degrees+(with+respect+to+cooler+climate)+and+subpolar+zone+70-8O+degrees+(with+respect+to+warming).+Subsequently%2C+nine+real+lakes+were+selected+from+the+sensitive+regions.+Future+climate+conditions+were+obtained+from+the+GFDL+global+circulation+model%2C+under+an+assumption+of+doubling+CO2+concentration+in+the+atmosphere.+For+five+selected+lakes+little+or+no+change+in+monitored+indicators+was+detected%2C+while+for+four+lakes%2C+changes+from+an+existing+stratification+pattern+were+found+to+be+significant.&rft.publisher=WP-94-028&rft.date=1994-04&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4181%2F1%2FWP-94-028.pdf&rft.identifier=++Meyer%2C+G.K.%2C+Masliev%2C+I.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1436.html%3E%2C+%26+Somlyody%2C+L.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1584.html%3E++(1994).++Impact+of+Climate+Change+on+Global+Sensitivity+of+Lake+Stratification.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-94-028+++++