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DOI 10.1016/j.limno.2009.12.002
Title (Primary) High accuracy measurements of water storage change in Mining Lake 111, Germany
Author Boehrer, B.; Kastner, S.; Ollesch, G.
Source Titel Limnologica
Year 2010
Department SEEFO; BOPHY
Volume 40
Issue 2
Page From 156
Page To 160
Language englisch
Keywords Limnology; Precipitation; Evaporation; Lake; Water storage; Mining Lake 111
Abstract Several pressure sensors were deployed in a small lake to determine its storage change. It could be shown that a deep enough deployment and an averaging over a time interval of 1 hour and 5 measuring points allowed for a measurement of 1 or 2 kg/m2 (i.e. 2 mm of water column) of changes in the storage on the scale of the lake size. This accuracy for the lake storage could not be achieved by other methods, especially if conditions were difficult, e.g. snowfall, or in cases when precipitation was small. Finally, the pressure measurement - originally intended to roughly determine the water level - turned out to be a direct measurement of water mass in the lake, which was the proper magnitude for exchanges between atmosphere and lake. Hence the measurement of lake storage could become an interesting approach even for meteorological measurements, such as precipitation and evaporation on a water surface.
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Boehrer, B., Kastner, S., Ollesch, G. (2010):
High accuracy measurements of water storage change in Mining Lake 111, Germany
Limnologica 40 (2), 156 - 160 10.1016/j.limno.2009.12.002