Evaluation of potential impacts on Great Lakes water resources based on climate scenarios of two GCMs

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 537-554

  Lofgren, Brent M ^a   Quinn, Frank H ^a   Clites, Anne H ^b   Assel, Raymond A ^a   Eberhardt, Anthony J ^b   Luukkonen, Carol L ^c  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Army Corps of Engineers New York District   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ice cover; Lake levels; Model; Water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WATER RESOURCES;

RECREATIONAL BOATING;

LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE COVER; LAKE; WATER LEVEL; WATER RESOURCE;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0036964844     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(02)70604-7     Document Type: Article

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