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One-Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research

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Culpepper, J; Sharma, S; Gunn, G; Magee, MR; Meyer, MF; Anderson, EJ; Arp, C; Cooley, SW; Dolan, W; Dugan, HA; Duguay, CR; Jones, BM; Long, D ...
Published in: Water Resources Research
May 1, 2025

The rate of technological innovation within aquatic sciences outpaces the collective ability of individual scientists within the field to make appropriate use of those technologies. The process of in situ lake sampling remains the primary choice to comprehensively understand an aquatic ecosystem at local scales; however, the impact of climate change on lakes necessitates the rapid advancement of understanding and the incorporation of lakes on both landscape and global scales. Three fields driving innovation within winter limnology that we address here are autonomous real-time in situ monitoring, remote sensing, and modeling. The recent progress in low-power in situ sensing and data telemetry allows continuous tracing of under-ice processes in selected lakes as well as the development of global lake observational networks. Remote sensing offers consistent monitoring of numerous systems, allowing limnologists to ask certain questions across large scales. Models are advancing and historically come in different types (process-based or statistical data-driven), with the recent technological advancements and integration of machine learning and hybrid process-based/statistical models. Lake ice modeling enhances our understanding of lake dynamics and allows for projections under future climate warming scenarios. To encourage the merging of technological innovation within limnological research of the less-studied winter period, we have accumulated both essential details on the history and uses of contemporary sampling, remote sensing, and modeling techniques. We crafted 100 questions in the field of winter limnology that aim to facilitate the cross-pollination of intensive and extensive modes of study to broaden knowledge of the winter period.

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Water Resources Research

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1944-7973

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0043-1397

Publication Date

May 1, 2025

Volume

61

Issue

5

Related Subject Headings

  • Environmental Engineering
  • 4011 Environmental engineering
  • 4005 Civil engineering
  • 3707 Hydrology
  • 0907 Environmental Engineering
  • 0905 Civil Engineering
  • 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
 

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Culpepper, J., Sharma, S., Gunn, G., Magee, M. R., Meyer, M. F., Anderson, E. J., … Yang, X. (2025). One-Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research. Water Resources Research, 61(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR039042
Culpepper, J., S. Sharma, G. Gunn, M. R. Magee, M. F. Meyer, E. J. Anderson, C. Arp, et al. “One-Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research.” Water Resources Research 61, no. 5 (May 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR039042.
Culpepper J, Sharma S, Gunn G, Magee MR, Meyer MF, Anderson EJ, et al. One-Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research. Water Resources Research. 2025 May 1;61(5).
Culpepper, J., et al. “One-Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research.” Water Resources Research, vol. 61, no. 5, May 2025. Scopus, doi:10.1029/2024WR039042.
Culpepper J, Sharma S, Gunn G, Magee MR, Meyer MF, Anderson EJ, Arp C, Cooley SW, Dolan W, Dugan HA, Duguay CR, Jones BM, Kirillin G, Ladwig R, Leppäranta M, Long D, Magnuson JJ, Pavelsky T, Piccolroaz S, Robertson DM, Steele BG, Tom M, Weyhenmeyer GA, Woolway RI, Xenopoulos MA, Yang X. One-Hundred Fundamental, Open Questions to Integrate Methodological Approaches in Lake Ice Research. Water Resources Research. 2025 May 1;61(5).
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Published In

Water Resources Research

DOI

EISSN

1944-7973

ISSN

0043-1397

Publication Date

May 1, 2025

Volume

61

Issue

5

Related Subject Headings

  • Environmental Engineering
  • 4011 Environmental engineering
  • 4005 Civil engineering
  • 3707 Hydrology
  • 0907 Environmental Engineering
  • 0905 Civil Engineering
  • 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience