Classifying and forecasting coastal upwellings in Lake Michigan using satellite derived temperature images and buoy data

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-76

  Plattner, Stefan ^a,d   Mason, Doran M ^a,c   Leshkevich, George A ^a   Schwab, David J ^a   Rutherford, Edward S ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Great Lakes; Lake Michigan; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LAKES; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND;

AVHRR; BUOY DATA; COASTAL UPWELLINGS; GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; UPWELLING;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

AVHRR; METEOROLOGY; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATIFICATION; UPWELLING; WIND VELOCITY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645739883     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[63:CAFCUI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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