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A hybrid data-driven approach to analyze the drivers of lake level dynamics
Márk Somogyvári
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Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 12489, Germany
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
Dieter Scherer
Chair of Climatology, Institute of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 12165, Germany
Frederik Bart
Chair of Climatology, Institute of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 12165, Germany
Ute Fehrenbach
Chair of Climatology, Institute of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin 12165, Germany
Akpona Okujeni
Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 12489, Germany
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
Earth Observation Lab, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, 12489, Germany
Tobias Krueger
Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 12489, Germany
Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin 10099, Germany
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We study the drivers behind the changes in lake levels, creating a series of models from least to most complex. In this study, we have shown that the decreasing levels of Groß Glienicker Lake in Germany are not simply the result of changes in climate but are affected by other processes. In our example, reduced inflow from a growing forest, regionally sinking groundwater levels and the modifications in the local rainwater infrastructure together resulted in an increasing lake level loss.
We study the drivers behind the changes in lake levels, creating a series of models from least...
