Estimating the effect of rainfall on the surface temperature of a tropical lake

Rooney, Gabriel Gerard; van Lipzig, Nicole; Thiery, Wim

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6357-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6357-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-6357-2018

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Articles | Volume 22, issue 12

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10 Dec 2018

Research article |

| 10 Dec 2018

Estimating the effect of rainfall on the surface temperature of a tropical lake

Gabriel Gerard Rooney, Nicole van Lipzig, and Wim Thiery

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Final revised paper (published on 10 Dec 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 24 Aug 2018)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'lake surface temperature', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Referee 1', Gabriel Rooney, 14 Nov 2018
RC2: 'review', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Referee 2', Gabriel Rooney, 14 Nov 2018

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (15 Nov 2018) by Miguel Potes

AR by Gabriel Rooney on behalf of the Authors (22 Nov 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Nov 2018) by Miguel Potes

AR by Gabriel Rooney on behalf of the Authors (26 Nov 2018)

Short summary

This paper uses a unique observational dataset of a tropical African lake (L. Kivu) to assess the effect of rain on lake surface temperature. Data from 4 years were categorised by daily rain amount and total net radiation to show that heavy rain may reduce the end-of-day lake temperature by about 0.3 K. This is important since lake surface temperature may influence local weather on short timescales, but the effect of rain on lake temperature has been little studied or parametrised previously.