Absence of Surface Water Temperature Trends in Lake Kinneret despite Present Atmospheric Warming: Comparisons with Dead Sea Trends

This study was carried out using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 1 km × resolution records on board Terra and Aqua satellites in-situ measurements during the period (2003–2019). In spite of presence increasing atmospheric warming, in summer when evaporation is maximal, fresh-water Lake Kinneret, satellite data revealed absence surface water temperature (SWT) trends. The SWT trends warming an indication influence cooling, due to above-mentioned evaporation, compensated for heating by regional resulting contrast hypersaline Dead Sea, located ~100 apart, MODIS showed trend 0.8 °C decade?1 same period. steadily Sea. supported a constant drop Sea level at rate ~1 m/year from year last 25-year (1995–2020). summer, measurements, near-surface Kinneret 0.7 decade?1.