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Email: iestyn.woolway@bangor.ac.uk
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Dr Iestyn Woolway's research focuses on the physical interactions between climate and water, with a particular interest in the physics and hydrology of lakes worldwide. This includes aspects such as climate-induced variations in lake evaporation, water temperature, ice cover and energy fluxes. Using a combination of in-situ, satellite, and modelled data, his research aims to answer key questions that relate to climate-related changes of inland waters. He graduated from Bangor University in 2011 with a BSc and MSc in Physical Oceanography and then undertook a PhD in Physical Limnology at University College London (2011-2015). Dr Woolway was then a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading (2015-2018). In 2018, Dr Woolway was awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, hosted at Dundalk Institute of Technology (Ireland), followed by a European Space Agency Fellowship in 2020 - based at the ESA Climate Office in Oxfordshire. In 2021, Dr Woolway was awarded a UK Natural Environment Research Council Independent Research Fellowship. He joined the School of Ocean Sciences as a NERC Independent Research Fellow (Reader) in 2022. In 2023 he was awarded a Dillwyn Medal for STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) from the Learned Society of Wales in recognition of early career research excellence for his work in the field of global environmental change. In 2024, he was awarded a Distinguished Scientist fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences via the President's International Fellowship Initiative.
Research Areas
Qualifications
- PhD: Physical Limnology
University College London, 2011–2015 - MSc: Applied Physical Oceanography
Bangor University, 2010–2011 - BSc: Ocean Sciences
Bangor University, 2007–2010
Teaching and Supervision
PhD students:
Mr Kang Wang (Hohai University; China Scholarship Council; 2023-)
Ms Weijia Wang (Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences; China Scholarship Council; 2023-)
Ms Dieu Anh Dinh (Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland; 2022-)
Ms Sofia La Fuente (Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland; 2020-)
MSc students:
Ms Georgia Androulakaki (University of Reading, UK; 2018)
Ms Yuhong Yun (University of Reading, UK; 2018)
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Publications
2024
- PublishedDetecting climate-related shifts in lakes: A review of the use of satellite Earth Observation
Calamita, E., Lever, J. J., Albergel, C., Woolway, R. I. & Odermatt, D., 1 Apr 2024, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 4, p. 723-741 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEnsemble modeling of global lake evaporation under climate change
La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Lenters, J. D., Verburg, P., Tan, Z., Perroud, M., Janssen, A. B. G. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology. 631, 130647.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLake Water Temperature Modeling in an Era of Climate Change: Data Sources, Models, and Future Prospects
Piccolroaz, S., Zhu, S., Ladwig, R., Carrea, L., Oliver, S., Piotrowski, A. P., Ptak, M., Shinohara, R., Sojka, M., Woolway, R. I. & Zhu, D. Z., Mar 2024, In: Reviews of Geophysics. 62, 1, e2023RG000816.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNational-scale remotely sensed lake trophic state from 1984 through 2020
Meyer, M. F., Topp, S. N., King, T. V., Ladwig, R., Pilla, R. M., Dugan, H. A., Eggleston, J. R., Hampton, S. E., Leech, D. M., Oleksy, I. A., Ross, J. C., Ross, M. R. V., Woolway, R. I., Yang, X., Brousil, M. R., Fickas, K. C., Padowski, J. C., Pollard, A. I., Ren, J. & Zwart, J. A., 16 Jan 2024, In: Scientific data. 11, 1, p. 77
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNonlinear responses in interannual variability of lake ice to climate change
Richardson, D. C., Filazzola, A., Woolway, R. I., Imrit, M. A., Bouffard, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Magnuson, J. & Sharma, S., 1 Apr 2024, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 69, 4, p. 789-801 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe impact of extreme heat on lake warming in China
Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y. & Woolway, R. I., 2 Jan 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 70.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedA record-breaking extreme heat event caused unprecedented warming of lakes in China
Wang, W., Shi, K., Wang, X., Wang, S., Zhang, D., Peng, Y., Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Iestyn Woolway, R. & Jeppesen, E., 30 Mar 2023, In: Science bulletin. 68, 6, p. 578-582 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedClimate change drives rapid warming and increasing heatwaves of lakes
Wang, X., Shi, K., Zhang, Y., Qin, B., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., Woolway, R. I., Piao, S. & Jeppesen, E., 30 Jul 2023, In: Science bulletin. 68, 14, p. 1574-1584 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedClimate tracking by freshwater fishes suggests that fish diversity in temperate lakes may be increasingly threatened by climate warming
Wu, T., Imrit, M. A., Movahedinia, Z., Kong, J., Woolway, R. I. & Sharma, S., 1 Feb 2023, In: Diversity and Distributions. 29, 2, p. 300-315 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGlacier Surface Heatwaves Over the Tibetan Plateau
Chen, W., Yao, T., Zhang, G., Woolway, R. I., Yang, W., Xu, F. & Zhou, T., 28 Mar 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 6, e2022GL101115.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGlobal lakes are warming slower than surface air temperature due to accelerated evaporation
Tong, Y., Feng, L., Wang, X., Pi, X., Xu, W. & Woolway, R. I., 23 Oct 2023, In: Nature Water. 1, 11, p. 929-940 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMulti-decadal change in summer mean water temperature in Lake Konnevesi, Finland (1984–2021)
Noori, R., Woolway, R. I., Jun, C., Bateni, S. M., Naderian, D., Partani, S., Maghrebi, M. & Pulkkanen, M., 1 Dec 2023, In: Ecological Informatics. 78, 102331.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNumerical simulation of thermal stratification in Lake Qiandaohu using an improved WRF-Lake model
Wang, X., Wang, W., He, Y., Zhang, S., Huang, W., Woolway, R. I., Shi, K. & Yang, X., 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Hydrology. 618, 129184.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe pace of shifting seasons in lakes
Woolway, R. I., 13 Apr 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 2101.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe unprecedented 2022 extreme summer heatwaves increased harmful cyanobacteria blooms
Li, N., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Shi, K., Qian, H., Yang, H., Niu, Y., Qin, B., Zhu, G., Woolway, R. I. & Jeppesen, E., 20 Oct 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 896, 165312.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedA framework for ensemble modelling of climate change impacts on lakes worldwide: the ISIMIP Lake Sector
Golub, M., Thiery, W., Marce, R., Pierson, D., Vanderkelen, I., Mercado-Bettin, D., Woolway, R. I., Grant, L., Jennings, E., Kraemer, B. M., Schewe, J., Zhao, F., Frieler, K., Mengel, M., Bogomolov, V. Y., Bouffard, D., Cote, M., Couture, R.-M., Debolskiy, A. V., Droppers, B., Gal, G., Guo, M., Janssen, A. B. G., Kirillin, G., Ladwig, R., Magee, M., Moore, T., Perroud, M., Piccolroaz, S., Vinnaa, L. R., Schmid, M., Shatwell, T., Stepanenko, V. M., Tan, Z., Woodward, B., Yao, H., Adrian, R., Allan, M., Anneville, O., Arvola, L., Atkins, K., Boegman, L., Carey, C., Christianson, K., de Eyto, E., DeGasperi, C., Grechushnikova, M., Hejzlar, J., Joehnk, K., Jones, I. D., Laas, A., Mackay, E. B., Mammarella, I., Markensten, H., McBride, C., Ozkundakci, D., Potes, M., Rinke, K., Robertson, D., Rusak, J. A., Salgado, R., van der Linden, L., Verburg, P., Wain, D., Ward, N. K., Wollrab, S. & Zdorovennova, G., 16 Jun 2022, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 15, 11, p. 4597-4623
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEarlier ice loss accelerates lake warming in the Northern Hemisphere
Li, X., Peng, S., Xi, Y., Woolway, R. I. & Liu, G., 2 Sept 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 5156.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGlobal increase in methane production under future warming of lake bottom waters
Jansen, J., Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Albergel, C., Bastviken, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Marce, R., Sharma, S., Sobek, S., Tranvik, L. J., Perroud, M., Golub, M., Moore, T. N., Vinna, L. R., La Fuente, S., Grant, L., Pierson, D. C., Thiery, W. & Jennings, E., Sept 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 18, p. 5427-5440 14 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLake Ice Will Be Less Safe for Recreation and Transportation Under Future Warming
Woolway, R. I., Huang, L., Sharma, S., Lee, S.-S., Rodgers, K. B. & Timmermann, A., 1 Oct 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 10, e2022EF002907.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLakes in Hot Water: The Impacts of a Changing Climate on Aquatic Ecosystems
Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S. & Smol, J. P., 30 Oct 2022, In: BioScience. 72, 11, p. 1050-1061 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review - PublishedMulti-model projections of future evaporation in a sub-tropical lake
La Fuente, S., Jennings, E., Gal, G., Kirillin, G., Shatwell, T., Ladwig, R., Moore, T., Couture, R.-M., Cote, M., Vinna, C. L. R. & Woolway, R. I., Dec 2022, In: Journal of Hydrology. 615, 128729.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSevere Lake Heatwaves Attributable to Human-Induced Global Warming
Woolway, I., Albergel, C., Froelicher, T. & Perroud, M., 28 Feb 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 4, 10 p., e2021GL097031.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSix Decades of Thermal Change in a Pristine Lake Situated North of the Arctic Circle
Noori, R., Woolway, R. I., Saari, M., Pulkkanen, M. & Klove, B., 26 Sept 2022, In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 58, 9, e2021WR031543.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpace-based Earth observation in support of the UNFCCC Paris Agreement
Hegglin, M. I., Bastos, A., Bovensmann, H., Buchwitz, M., Fawcett, D., Ghent, D., Kulk, G., Sathyendranath, S., Shepherd, T. G., Quegan, S., Röthlisberger, R., Briggs, S., Buontempo, C., Cazenave, A., Chuvieco, E., Ciais, P., Crisp, D., Engelen, R., Fadnavis, S., Herold, M., Horwath, M., Jonsson, O., Kpaka, G., Merchant, C. J., Mielke, C., Nagler, T., Paul, F., Popp, T., Quaife, T., Rayner, N. A., Robert, C., Schröder, M., Sitch, S., Venturini, S., van der Schalie, R., van der Vliet, M., Wigneron, J.-P. & Woolway, R. I., 5 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWinter inverse lake stratification under historic and future climate change
Woolway, R. I., Denfeld, B., Tan, Z., Jansen, J., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & La Fuente, S., 1 Aug 2022, In: Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 7, 4, p. 302-311
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedAttribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing
Grant, L., Vanderkelen, I., Gudmundsson, L., Tan, Z., Perroud, M., Stepanenko, V. M., Debolskiy, A. V., Droppers, B., Janssen, A. B. G., Woolway, R. I., Choulga, M., Balsamo, G., Kirillin, G., Schewe, J., Zhao, F., del Valle, I. V., Golub, M., Pierson, D., Marce, R., Seneviratne, S. I. & Thiery, W., 18 Oct 2021, In: Nature Geoscience. 14, 11
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedClimate change drives widespread shifts in lake thermal habitat
Kraemer, B. M., Pilla, R. M., Woolway, R. I., Anneville, O., Ban, S., Colom-Montero, W., Devlin, S. P., Dokulil, M. T., Gaiser, E. E., Hambright, K. D., Hessen, D. O., Higgins, S. N., Johnk, K. D., Keller, W., Knoll, L. B., Leavitt, P. R., Lepori, F., Luger, M. S., Maberly, S. C., Mueller-Navarra, D. C., Paterson, A. M., Pierson, D. C., Richardson, D. C., Rogora, M., Rusak, J. A., Sadro, S., Salmaso, N., Schmid, M., Silow, E. A., Sommaruga, R., Stelzer, J. A. A., Straile, D., Thiery, W., Timofeyev, M. A., Verburg, P., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & Adrian, R., 3 Jun 2021, In: Nature Climate Change. 11, 6, p. 521-529
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCompound hot temperature and high chlorophyll extreme events in global lakes
Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Zscheischler, J. & Albergel, C., 16 Dec 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 12, 124066.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEcological Consequences of Climate Extremes for Lakes
Jennings, E., de Eyto, E., Jones, I. D., Ibelings, B., Adrian, R. & Woolway, I., 1 Jun 2021, Encyclopedia of Inland Waters: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review - PublishedIncreasing maximum lake surface temperature under climate change
Dokulil, M. T., Maberly, S. C., May, L., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Woolway, R. I. & de Eyto, E., 22 Apr 2021, In: Climatic Change. 165, 56
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLake heatwaves under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Jennings, E., Shatwell, T., Golub, M., Pierson, D. C. & Maberly, S. C., 20 Jan 2021, In: Nature. 589, p. 402-407
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLoss of Ice Cover, Shifting Phenology, and More Extreme Events in Northern Hemisphere Lakes
Sharma, S., Richardson, D. C., Woolway, R. I., Imrit, M. A., Bouffard, D., Blagrave, K., Daly, J., Filazzola, A., Granin, N., Korhonen, J., Magnuson, J., Marszelewski, W., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., Perry, W., Robertson, D. M., Rudstam, L. G., Weyhenmeyer, G. A. & Yao, H., 1 Oct 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 126, 10, e2021JG006348.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOn thinning ice: Effects of atmospheric warming, changes in wind speed and rainfall on ice conditions in temperate lakes (Northern Poland)
Bartosiewicz, M., Ptak, M., Woolway, R. I. & Sojka, M., 1 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Hydrology. 597, 125724.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhenological shifts in lake stratification under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Sharma, S., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Debolskiy, A., Golub, M., Mercado-Bettin, D., Perroud, M., Stepanenko, V., Tan, Z., Grant, L., Ladwig, R., Mesman, J., Moore, T. N., Shatwell, T., Vanderkelen, I., Austin, J. A., DeGasperi, C. L., Dokulil, M., La Fuente, S., Mackay, E. B., Schladow, S. G., Watanabe, S., Marce, R., Pierson, D. C., Thiery, W. & Jennings, E., 19 Apr 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 2318 (2021).
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRapidly expanding lake heatwaves under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Anderson, E. J. & Albergel, C., 18 Aug 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 9
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe annual cycle of energy input, modal excitation and physical plus biogenic turbulent dissipation in a temperate lake
Simpson, J., Woolway, I., Scannell, B., Austin, M., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Jun 2021, In: Water Resources Research. 57, 6, 2020WR029441.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWidespread deoxygenation of temperate lakes
Jane, S. F., Hansen, G. J. A., Kraemer, B. M., Leavitt, P. R., Mincer, J. L., North, R. L., Pilla, R. M., Stetler, J. T., Williamson, C. E., Woolway, R. I., Arvola, L., Chandra, S., DeGasperi, C. L., Diemer, L., Dunalska, J., Erina, O., Flaim, G., Grossart, H.-P., Hambright, K. D., Hein, C., Hejzlar, J., Janus, L. L., Jenny, J.-P., Knoll, L. B., Leoni, B., Mackay, E., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., McBride, C., Muller-Navarra, D. C., Paterson, A. M., Pierson, D., Rogora, M., Rusak, J. A., Sadro, S., Saulnier-Talbot, E., Schmid, M., Sommaruga, R., Thiery, W., Verburg, P., Weathers, K. C., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Yokota, K. & Rose, K. C., 2 Jun 2021, In: Nature. 594, 7861, p. 66-70
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedClimate velocity in inland standing waters
Woolway, R. I. & Maberly, S. C., 1 Dec 2020, In: Nature Climate Change. 10, 12, p. 1124-U91
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGlobal Heat Uptake by Inland Waters
Vanderkelen, I., van Lipzig, N. P. M., Lawrence, D. M., Droppers, B., Golub, M., Gosling, S. N., Janssen, A. B. G., Marce, R., Schmied, H. M., Perroud, M., Pierson, D., Pokhrel, Y., Satoh, Y., Schewe, J., Seneviratne, S. ,. I., Stepanenko, V. M., Tan, Z., Woolway, R. ,. I. & Thiery, W., 28 Jun 2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 12
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGlobal lake responses to climate change
Woolway, R. I., Kraemer, B. M., Lenters, J. D., Merchant, C. J., O'Reilly, C. M. & Sharma, S., 1 Aug 2020, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 1, p. 388-403
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGlobal lake thermal regions shift under climate change
Maberly, S. C., O'Donnell, R. A., Woolway, R. I., Cutler, M. E. J., Gong, M., Jones, I. D., Merchant, C. J., Miller, C. A., Politi, E., Scott, E. M., Thackeray, S. J. & Tyler, A. N., 6 Mar 2020, In: Nature Communications. 11, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGlobal reconstruction of twentieth century lake surface water temperature reveals different warming trends depending on the climatic zone
Piccolroaz, S., Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Jun 2020, In: Climatic Change. 160, 3, p. 427-442
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedImpact of the 2018 European heatwave on lake surface water temperature
Woolway, R. I., Jennings, E. & Carrea, L., 2 Jul 2020, In: INLAND WATERS. 10, 3, p. 322-332
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedStorm impacts on phytoplankton community dynamics in lakes
Stockwell, J. D., Doubek, J. P., Adrian, R., Anneville, O., Carey, C. C., Carvalho, L., Domis, L. N. D. S., Dur, G., Frassl, M. A., Grossart, H.-P., Ibelings, B. W., Lajeunesse, M. J., Lewandowska, A. M., Llames, M. E., Matsuzaki, S.-I. S., Nodine, E. R., Noges, P., Patil, V. P., Pomati, F., Rinke, K., Rudstam, L. G., Rusak, J. A., Salmaso, N., Seltmann, C. T., Straile, D., Thackeray, S. J., Thiery, W., Urrutia-Cordero, P., Venail, P., Verburg, P., Woolway, R. I., Zohary, T., Andersen, M. R., Bhattacharya, R., Hejzlar, J., Janatian, N., Kpodonu, A. T. N. K., Williamson, T. J. & Wilson, H. L., 1 May 2020, In: Global Change Biology. 26, 5, p. 2756-2784
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review - PublishedThe EUSTACE Project: Delivering Global, Daily Information on Surface Air Temperature
Rayner, N. A., Auchmann, R., Bessembinder, J., Bronnimann, S., Brugnara, Y., Capponi, F., Carrea, L., Dodd, E. M. A., Ghent, D., Good, E., Hoyer, J. L., Kennedy, J. J., Kent, E. C., Killick, R. E., van der Linden, P., Lindgren, F., Madsen, K. S., Merchant, C. J., Mitchelson, J. R., Morice, C. P., Nielsen-Englyst, P., Ortiz, P. F., Remedios, J. J., van der Schrier, G., Squintu, A. A., Stephens, A., Thorne, P. W., Tonboe, R. T., Trent, T., Veal, K. L., Waterfall, A. M., Winfield, K., Winn, J. & Woolway, R. I., Nov 2020, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101, 11, p. E1924-E1947
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedVariability in epilimnion depth estimations in lakes
Wilson, H. L., Ayala, A. I., Jones, I. D., Rolston, A., Pierson, D., de Eyto, E., Grossart, H.-P., Perga, M.-E., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 24 Nov 2020, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 24, 11, p. 5559-5577
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWarming winters threaten peripheral Arctic charr populations of Europe
Kelly, S., Moore, T. N., de Eyto, E., Dillane, M., Goulon, C., Guillard, J., Lasne, E., McGinnity, P., Poole, R., Winfield, I. J., Woolway, R. I. & Jennings, E., 17 Oct 2020, In: Climatic Change. 163, 1, p. 599-618
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedNorthern Hemisphere Atmospheric Stilling Accelerates Lake Thermal Responses to a Warming World
Woolway, R. I., Merchant, C. J., Van Den Hoek, J., Azorin-Molina, C., Noges, P., Laas, A., Mackay, E. B. & Jones, I. D., 16 Nov 2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 21, p. 11983-11992
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSubstantial increase in minimum lake surface temperatures under climate change
Woolway, R. I., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Schmid, M., Dokulil, M. T., de Eyto, E., Maberly, S. C., May, L. & Merchant, C. J., 15 May 2019, In: Climatic Change. 155, 1, p. 81-94
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWidespread loss of lake ice around the Northern Hemisphere in a warming world
Sharma, S., Blagrave, K., Magnuson, J. J., O'Reilly, C. M., Oliver, S., Batt, R. D., Magee, M. R., Straile, D., Weyhenmeyer, G. A., Winslow, L. & Woolway, R. I., 1 Mar 2019, In: Nature Climate Change. 9, 3, p. 227-231
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWorldwide alteration of lake mixing regimes in response to climate change
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Apr 2019, In: Nature Geoscience. 12, 4, p. 271-276
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedA multi-lake comparative analysis of the General Lake Model (GLM): Stress-testing across a global observatory network
Bruce, L. C., Frassl, M. A., Arhonditsis, G. B., Gal, G., Hamilton, D. P., Hanson, P. C., Hetherington, A. L., Melack, J. M., Read, J. S., Rinke, K., Rigosi, A., Trolle, D., Winslow, L., Adrian, R., Ayala, A. I., Bocaniov, S. A., Boehrer, B., Boon, C., Brookes, J. D., Bueche, T., Busch, B. D., Copetti, D., Cortes, A., de Eyto, E., Elliott, J. A., Gallina, N., Gilboa, Y., Guyennon, N., Huang, L., Kerimoglu, O., Lenters, J. D., MacIntyre, S., Makler-Pick, V., McBride, C. G., Moreira, S., Oezkundakci, D., Pilotti, M., Rueda, F. J., Rusak, J. A., Samal, N. R., Schmid, M., Shatwell, T., Snorthheim, C., Soulignac, F., Valerio, G., van der Linden, L., Vetter, M., Vincon-Leite, B., Wang, J., Weber, M., Wickramaratne, C., Woolway, R. I., Yao, H. & Hipsey, M. R., 14 Apr 2018, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 102, p. 274-291
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGeographic and temporal variations in turbulent heat loss from lakes: A global analysis across 45 lakes
Woolway, R. I., Verburg, P., Lenters, J. D., Merchant, C. J., Hamilton, D. P., Brookes, J., de Eyto, E., Kelly, S., Healey, N. C., Hook, S., Laas, A., Pierson, D., Rusak, J. A., Kuha, J., Karjalainen, J., Kallio, K., Lepistoe, A. & Jones, I. D., 1 Nov 2018, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 63, 6, p. 2436-2449
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIntralake Heterogeneity of Thermal Responses to Climate Change: A Study of Large Northern Hemisphere Lakes
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 27 Mar 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research : Atmospheres. 123, 6, p. 3087-3098
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPhysical and chemical impacts of a major storm on a temperate lake: a taste of things to come?
Woolway, R. I., Simpson, J. H., Spiby, D., Feuchtmayr, H., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Nov 2018, In: Climatic Change. 151, 2, p. 333-347
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSatellite and In Situ Observations for Advancing Global Earth Surface Modelling: A Review
Balsamo, G., Agusti-Parareda, A., Albergel, C., Arduini, G., Beljaars, A., Bidlot, J., Bousserez, N., Boussetta, S., Brown, A., Buizza, R., Buontempo, C., Chevallier, F., Choulga, M., Cloke, H., Cronin, M. F., Dahoui, M., De Rosnay, P., Dirmeyer, P. A., Drusch, M., Dutra, E., Ek, M. B., Gentine, P., Hewitt, H., Keeley, S. P. E., Kerr, Y., Kumar, S., Lupu, C., Mahfouf, J.-F., McNorton, J., Mecklenburg, S., Mogensen, K., Munoz-Sabater, J., Orth, R., Rabier, F., Reichle, R., Ruston, B., Pappenberger, F., Sandu, I., Seneviratne, S. I., Tietsche, S., Trigo, I. F., Uijlenhoet, R., Wedi, N., Woolway, R. I. & Zeng, X., 14 Dec 2018, In: Remote Sensing. 10, 12
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedAmplified surface temperature response of cold, deep lakes to inter-annual air temperature variability
Woolway, R. I. & Merchant, C. J., 23 Jun 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAtmospheric stilling leads to prolonged thermal stratification in a large shallow polymictic lake
Woolway, R. I., Meinson, P., Noges, P., Jones, I. D. & Laas, A., 1 Apr 2017, In: Climatic Change. 141, 4, p. 759-773
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCitizen science shows systematic changes in the temperature difference between air and inland waters with global warming
University, U., Mackay, M., Stockwell, J. D., Thiery, W., Grossart, H.-P., Augusto-Silva, P. B., Baulch, H. M., de Eyto, E., Hejzlar, J., Kangur, K., Kirillin, G., University, U., Rusak, J. A., Davis, U. O. & Reading, U., 6 Mar 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDelving deeper: Metabolic processes in the metalimnion of stratified lakes
Giling, D. P., Staehr, P. A., Grossart, H. P., Andersen, M. R., Boehrer, B., Escot, C., Evrendilek, F., Gomez-Gener, L., Honti, M., Jones, I. D., Karakaya, N., Laas, A., Moreno-Ostos, E., Rinke, K., Scharfenberger, U., Schmidt, S. R., Weber, M., Woolway, R. I., Zwart, J. A. & Obrador, B., 1 May 2017, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 62, 3, p. 1288-1306
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEnergy input and dissipation in a temperate lake during the spring transition
Woolway, R. & Simpson, J., Aug 2017, In: Ocean Dynamics. 67, 8, p. 959-971
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLatitude and lake size are important predictors of over-lake atmospheric stability
Woolway, R. I., Verburg, P., Merchant, C. J., Lenters, J. D., Hamilton, D. P., Brookes, J., Kelly, S., Hook, S., Laas, A., Pierson, D., Rimmer, A., Rusak, J. A. & Jones, I. D., 16 Sept 2017, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 17, p. 8875-8883
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedProfound daily vertical stratification and mixing in a small, shallow, wind-exposed lake with submerged macrophytes
Andersen, M. R., Sand-Jensen, K., Woolway, R. I. & Jones, I. D., Apr 2017, In: Aquatic Sciences. 79, 2, p. 395-406
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedWarming of Central European lakes and their response to the 1980s climate regime shift
Woolway, R. I., Dokulil, M. T., Marszelewski, W., Schmid, M., Bouffard, D. & Merchant, C. J., 1 Jun 2017, In: Climatic Change. 142, 3-4, p. 505-520
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedConsequences of gas flux model choice on the interpretation of metabolic balance across 15 lakes
Dugan, H. A., Woolway, R. I., Santoso, A. B., Corman, J. R., Jaimes, A., Nodine, E. R., Patil, V. P., Zwart, J. A., Brentrup, J. A., Hetherington, A. L., Oliver, S. K., Read, J. S., Winters, K. M., Hanson, P. C., Read, E. K., Winslow, L. A. & Weathers, K. C., 2 Nov 2016, In: INLAND WATERS. 6, 4, p. 581-592
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDiel Surface Temperature Range Scales with Lake Size
Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Maberly, S. C., French, J. R., Livingstone, D. M., Monteith, D. T., Simpson, G., Thackeray, S. J., Copenhagen, U., London, U., DeGasperi, C. L., Evans, C. D., de Eyto, E., Feuchtmayr, H., Hamilton, D., Kernan, M., Krokowski, J., Rimmer, A., Rose, K. C., Rusak, J. A., Ryves, D. B., Scott, D. R., Shilland, E. M., Smyth, R. L., Staehr, P. A., Thomas, R., Waldron, S. & Weyhenmeyer, G., 29 Mar 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLakeMetabolizer: an R package for estimating lake metabolism from free-water oxygen using diverse statistical models
Winslow, L. A., Zwart, J. A., Batt, R. D., Dugan, H. A., Woolway, R. I., Corman, J. R., Hanson, P. C. & Read, J. S., 2 Nov 2016, In: INLAND WATERS. 6, 4, p. 622-636
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
- PublishedA comparison of the diel variability in epilimnetic temperature for five lakes in the English Lake District
Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Feuchtmayr, H. & Maberly, S. C., 20 Apr 2015, In: INLAND WATERS. 5, 2, p. 139-154
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAltitudinal dependence of a statistically significant diel temperature cycle in Scottish lochs
Woolway, R. I., Livingstone, D. M. & Kernan, M., 26 Aug 2015, In: INLAND WATERS. 5, 4, p. 311-316
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedAutomated calculation of surface energy fluxes with high-frequency lake buoy data
Woolway, R. I., Jones, I. D., Hamilton, D. P., Maberly, S. C., Muraoka, K., Read, J. S., Smyth, R. L. & Winslow, L. A., 1 Aug 2015, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 70, p. 191-198
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe importance of lake-specific characteristics for water quality across the continental United States
Read, E. K., Patil, V. P., Oliver, S. K., Hetherington, A. L., Brentrup, J. A., Zwart, J. A., Winters, K. M., Corman, J. R., Nodine, E. R., Woolway, R. I., Dugan, H. A., Jaimes, A., Santoso, A. B., Hong, G. S., Winslow, L. A., Hanson, P. C. & Weathers, K. C., 1 Jun 2015, In: Ecological Applications. 25, 4, p. 943-955
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedA novel method for estimating the onset of thermal stratification in lakes from surface water measurements
Woolway, R. I., Maberly, S. C., Jones, I. D. & Feuchtmayr, H., 25 Jun 2014, In: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 50, 6, p. 5131-5140
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2023
- Listening to the Lakes
What lakes are telling us about climate change, and how we can listen to them
6 Mar 2023
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
2022
- Citations and contribution to BAMS annual report: State of the Climate in 2021
State of the Climate is the authoritative annual summary of the global climate published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society (BAMS).
The report provides a comprehensive update on Earth’s climate indicators, including notable weather events and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and
instruments located on land, water, ice and in space.
The report is led by scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centres for Environmental Information and published by BAMS and is based on collaborative contributions from more than 530 scientists.
Iestyn had a leading role in two key sections of the report including on Lake ice and Lake surface temperature.
Aug 2022
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Activity: Other (Contributor) - Citations in IPCC report: Climate Change 2022 Impacts, Adaptations and Vulnerability
14 research papers have been cited in the highly influential IPCC report, contributing to the report’s assessment of extreme weather events on freshwater systems.
Feb 2022
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Activity: Other (Contributor)
223
- Listening to the Lakes: what lakes are telling us about climate change, and how we can listen to them
Composer Andrew Lewis and scientist Iestyn Woolway discuss how lakes can help us understand climate change, and how this data can be used to make music. Lakes and reservoirs are a critical natural resource, supporting biodiversity and providing many benefits to people around the world. But lakes are critically susceptible to climate change, especially the increase in global temperatures. Climatic warming can have a huge influence on the physical environment of lakes, including warming of surface water and effects on water levels Ultimately, the physical environment of lakes is responding dramatically to a warming world. In this talk, Iestyn Woolway will discuss the response of key lake variables to climate change, and Andrew Lewis will explain how this data has been used in composing his new piece ‘Two Lakes’.
6 Mar 223
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Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
Projects
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01/09/2023 – 15/09/2026 (Active)
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UK EO Climate Information Service (UKEO-CIS)
01/01/2023 – 15/04/2025 (Active)
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Extreme Events in Lake Ecosystems
01/01/2022 – 30/09/2026 (Active)