A reconstruction of Lake Michigan-Huron water levels derived from tree ring chronologies for the period 1600-1961

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-39

  Quinn, Frank H ^a,b   Sellinger, Cynthia E ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Lake levels; Lake regulation; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EROSION; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

DENDROCHRONOLGY; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE REGULATION; TREE RING CHRONOLOGIES;

WATER LEVELS;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; EROSION; LAKE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREE RING; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES; HURON COUNTY [MICHIGAN]; LAKE MICHIGAN; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT CLAIR RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645744576     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2006)32[29:AROLMW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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