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Water Temperature Dynamics in a Complex of Reservoirs and Its Effect on the Temperature Patterns of a Mountain River

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The article presents the spatial and temporal dynamics of water temperature in two reservoirs on the upper course of the Dunajec River in the Polish Carpathians. It aims at presenting how spatial patterns and time evolution of water temperature in the reservoirs affect the water temperature in the river. The analysis is based on the results of water temperature measurements in hydrometric verticals in two reservoirs as well as in the river upstream and downstream of the reservoirs. The measurements were carried out in 2012 and 2013, in hydrometeorological conditions typical for each season of the year. Based on the measurements, it has been demonstrated that the complex of reservoirs affects the water temperature in the river over the year and the existence of the smaller lower reservoir may attenuate the cooling or heating effect of the main reservoir on the river.

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  1. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, 31 018, Poland

    Łukasz Wiejaczka

  2. Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Station in Szymbark, Szymbark, 38 311, Poland

    Małgorzata Kijowska-Strugała

  3. Zespół Elektrowni Wodnych Niedzica S.A., Niedzica, 34 441, Poland

    Paweł Pierwoła & Mariusz Nowak

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Wiejaczka, Ł., Kijowska-Strugała, M., Pierwoła, P. et al. Water Temperature Dynamics in a Complex of Reservoirs and Its Effect on the Temperature Patterns of a Mountain River. Water Resour 45, 861–872 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807818060167

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