Published October 7, 2011
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Corrigendum to "A distributed stream temperature model using high resolution temperature observations" published in Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1469–1480, 2007

  • 1. Delft University of Technology
  • 2. Oregon State University
  • 3. Department Environment and Agro-biotechnologies, Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann, 41, rue du Brill, 4422 Belvaux, Luxembourg
  • 4. UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education

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Distributed temperature data are used as input and as calibration data for an energy based temperature model of a first order stream in Luxembourg. A DTS (Distributed Temperature Sensing) system with a fiber optic cable of 1500m was used to measure stream water temperature with 1m resolution each 2 min. Four groundwater inflows were identified and quantified (both temperature and relative discharge). The temperature model calculates the total energy balance including solar radiation (with shading effects), longwave radiation, latent heat, sensible heat and river bed conduction. The simulated temperature is compared with the observed temperature at all points along the stream. Knowledge of the lateral inflow appears to be crucial to simulate the temperature distribution and conversely, that stream temperature can be used successfully to identify sources of lateral inflow. The DTS fiber optic is an excellent tool to provide this knowledge.
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