Articles | Volume 13, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3475-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3475-2020
Model experiment description paper
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05 Aug 2020
Model experiment description paper |  | 05 Aug 2020

Numerical study of the seasonal thermal and gas regimes of the largest artificial reservoir in western Europe using the LAKE 2.0 model

Maksim Iakunin, Victor Stepanenko, Rui Salgado, Miguel Potes, Alexandra Penha, Maria Helena Novais, and Gonçalo Rodrigues

Model code and software

Atmospheric forcing dataset for Numerical study of the seasonal thermal and gas regimes of the large artificial lake in Western Europe using LAKE2.0 Iakunin Maksim, Victor Stepanenko, Rui Salgado, Miguel Potes, Gonçalo Rodrigues, Alexandra Penha, and Maria Helena Novais https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3608230

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Short summary
The Alqueva reservoir, located in the southeast of Portugal, is the largest artificial reservoir in western Europe. It was established in 2002 to provide water and electrical resources to meet regional needs. Complex research of this reservoir is an essential scientific task in the scope of meteorology, hydrology, biology, and ecology. Two numerical models (namely, LAKE 2.0 and FLake) were used to assess the thermodynamic and biogeochemical regimes of the reservoir over 2 years of observations.