Diurnal temperature fluctuations in an artificial small shallow water body

For aquatic biological processes, diurnal and annual cycles of water temperature are very important to plants as well as to animals and microbes living in the water. An existing one-dimensional model has been extended to simulate the temperature profile within a small water body. A year-round outdoo...

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Published inInternational journal of biometeorology Vol. 52; no. 4; pp. 271 - 280
Main Authors Jacobs, A.F.G, Heusinkveld, B.G, Kraai, S, Paaijmans, K.P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.03.2008
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
albedo
Animal Physiology
Aquaculture
Biological and Medical Physics
Biology
Biophysics
Circadian Rhythm
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental Health
lakes
Meteorological Concepts
Meteorology
Models, Theoretical
Original Paper
Plant Physiology
ponds
Seasons
Shallow water
Temperature
Water
Water bodies
Water temperature
Energy budget
Water temperature
Model simulation
Shallow water body
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Summary:For aquatic biological processes, diurnal and annual cycles of water temperature are very important to plants as well as to animals and microbes living in the water. An existing one-dimensional model has been extended to simulate the temperature profile within a small water body. A year-round outdoor experiment has been conducted to estimate the model input parameters and to verify the model. Both model simulations and measurements show a strong temperature stratification in the water during daytime. Throughout the night, however, a well-mixed layer starting at the water surface develops. Because the water body is relatively small, it appears that the sediment heat flux has a strong effect on the behaviour of the water temperature throughout the seasons. In spring, the water temperature remains relatively low due to the cold surrounding soil, while in autumn the opposite occurs due to the relatively warm soil. It appears that, in small water bodies, the total amount of incoming long wave radiation is sensitive to the sky view factor. In our experiments, the intensity of precipitation also appears to have a small effect on the stratification of the water temperature.
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ISSN:0020-7128
1432-1254
DOI:10.1007/s00484-007-0121-8