Short term fluctuations of Lake Erie water levels and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation

Great Lakes Geographer

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  La Valle, P D ^a   Lakhan, V C ^a   Trenhaile, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

El Ni o; ENSO; La Ni a; Lake levels; Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LAKE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4444219818     PISSN: 11953071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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