The Relationship between Great Lakes Water Levels, Wave Energies, and Shoreline Damage

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 675-683

  Meadows, G A ^a   Meadows, L A ^a   Wood, W L ^b   Hubertz, J M ^c   Perlin, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Waterways Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER LEVEL; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN; SHORELINE DAMAGE; WAVE ENERGY;

USA, GREAT LAKES;

EID: 0031285307     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0675:trbglw>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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