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_id: '12249'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We investigated the combined effects of thermal pollution from a nuclear power
    plant (NPP) and regional climate warming on the thermal regime of a lake. For
    this purpose, we used the lake model FLake and analyzed 50 years of temperature
    data from Lake Stechlin, Germany, which served as the cooling water reservoir
    for the Rheinsberg NPP from 1966 until 1990. Both modeling and statistical data
    analysis revealed a strong influence of the NPP cooling water discharge on the
    lake water temperatures and the vertical stability of the water column. A remarkable
    effect of thermal pollution consisted of strong vertical mixing in winter produced
    by the discharge of warm water into the lake when ambient water temperatures were
    below 4 °C. This effect caused a significant increase in the deep hypolimnion
    temperatures and a corresponding decrease of the vertical stability in the summer.
    In turn, climate warming had the opposite effect on the summer stability by increasing
    lake surface temperatures. Both the thermal pollution and climate change increased
    the duration of the summer stratification period. Our results suggest that industrial
    thermal pollution in temperate lakes during winter is stored in the deep water
    column until the next winter, whereas heat added in the summer dissipates relatively
    rapidly into the atmosphere. Accordingly, the winter thermal pollution could have
    a long-lasting effect on the lake ecology by affecting benthic biogeochemical
    processes.
author:
- first_name: Georgiy
  full_name: Kirillin, Georgiy
  last_name: Kirillin
- first_name: Tom
  full_name: Shatwell, Tom
  id: '86424'
  last_name: Shatwell
  orcid: 0000-0002-4520-7916
- first_name: Peter
  full_name: Kasprzak, Peter
  last_name: Kasprzak
citation:
  ama: Kirillin G, Shatwell T, Kasprzak P. Consequences of thermal pollution from
    a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime. <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>.
    2013;496(7):47-56. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023">10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023</a>
  apa: Kirillin, G., Shatwell, T., &#38; Kasprzak, P. (2013). Consequences of thermal
    pollution from a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime. <i>Journal
    of Hydrology</i>, <i>496</i>(7), 47–56. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023</a>
  bjps: <b>Kirillin G, Shatwell T and Kasprzak P</b> (2013) Consequences of Thermal
    Pollution from a Nuclear Plant on Lake Temperature and Mixing Regime. <i>Journal
    of Hydrology</i> <b>496</b>, 47–56.
  chicago: 'Kirillin, Georgiy, Tom Shatwell, and Peter Kasprzak. “Consequences of
    Thermal Pollution from a Nuclear Plant on Lake Temperature and Mixing Regime.”
    <i>Journal of Hydrology</i> 496, no. 7 (2013): 47–56. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023</a>.'
  chicago-de: 'Kirillin, Georgiy, Tom Shatwell und Peter Kasprzak. 2013. Consequences
    of thermal pollution from a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime.
    <i>Journal of Hydrology</i> 496, Nr. 7: 47–56. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023">10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023</a>,
    .'
  din1505-2-1: '<span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kirillin, Georgiy</span> ;
    <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Shatwell, Tom</span> ; <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Kasprzak,
    Peter</span>: Consequences of thermal pollution from a nuclear plant on lake temperature
    and mixing regime. In: <i>Journal of Hydrology</i> Bd. 496. Amsterdam, Elsevier
    BV (2013), Nr. 7, S. 47–56'
  havard: G. Kirillin, T. Shatwell, P. Kasprzak, Consequences of thermal pollution
    from a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime, Journal of Hydrology.
    496 (2013) 47–56.
  ieee: 'G. Kirillin, T. Shatwell, and P. Kasprzak, “Consequences of thermal pollution
    from a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime,” <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>,
    vol. 496, no. 7, pp. 47–56, 2013, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023">10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023</a>.'
  mla: Kirillin, Georgiy, et al. “Consequences of Thermal Pollution from a Nuclear
    Plant on Lake Temperature and Mixing Regime.” <i>Journal of Hydrology</i>, vol.
    496, no. 7, 2013, pp. 47–56, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023</a>.
  short: G. Kirillin, T. Shatwell, P. Kasprzak, Journal of Hydrology 496 (2013) 47–56.
  ufg: '<b>Kirillin, Georgiy/Shatwell, Tom/Kasprzak, Peter</b>: Consequences of thermal
    pollution from a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime, in: <i>Journal
    of Hydrology</i> 496 (2013), H. 7,  S. 47–56.'
  van: Kirillin G, Shatwell T, Kasprzak P. Consequences of thermal pollution from
    a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime. Journal of Hydrology. 2013;496(7):47–56.
date_created: 2024-12-08T20:44:14Z
date_updated: 2024-12-09T09:02:37Z
department:
- _id: DEP8022
doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023
extern: '1'
intvolume: '       496'
issue: '7'
keyword:
- Industrial thermal pollution
- Global warming
- Lake stratification
- FLake model
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023
page: 47-56
place: Amsterdam
publication: Journal of Hydrology
publication_identifier:
  eissn:
  - 1879-2707
  issn:
  - 0022-1694
publication_status: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: Consequences of thermal pollution from a nuclear plant on lake temperature
  and mixing regime
type: scientific_journal_article
user_id: '83781'
volume: 496
year: '2013'
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