The thermal response of small and shallow lakes to climate change: new insights from 3D hindcast modelling

Piccioni, Francesco; Casenave, Céline; Lemaire, Bruno Jacques; Le Moigne, Patrick; Dubois, Philippe; Vinçon-Leite, Brigitte

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-439-2021

Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-439-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-439-2021

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Articles | Volume 12, issue 2

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30 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 30 Apr 2021

The thermal response of small and shallow lakes to climate change: new insights from 3D hindcast modelling

Francesco Piccioni, Céline Casenave, Bruno Jacques Lemaire, Patrick Le Moigne, Philippe Dubois, and Brigitte Vinçon-Leite

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Final revised paper (published on 30 Apr 2021)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments to esd-2020-51', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Aug 2020
- AC1: 'Authors' responses Referee1', Francesco Piccioni, 21 Oct 2020
RC2: 'Comments on esd-2020-51', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Sep 2020
- AC2: 'Authors' responses Referee2', Francesco Piccioni, 21 Oct 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (30 Oct 2020) by Karsten Rinke

AR by Francesco Piccioni on behalf of the Authors (30 Dec 2020) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (18 Jan 2021) by Karsten Rinke

AR by Francesco Piccioni on behalf of the Authors (31 Jan 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

Small lakes are ecosystems highly impacted by climate change. Here, the thermal regime of a small, shallow lake over the past six decades was reconstructed via 3D modelling. Significant changes were found: strong water warming in spring and summer (0.7 °C/decade) as well as increased stratification and thermal energy for cyanobacteria growth, especially in spring. The strong spatial patterns detected for stratification might create local conditions particularly favourable to cyanobacteria bloom.