Hydroclimatic factors of the recent record drop in Laurentian Great Lakes water levels

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1143-1151

  Assel, Raymond A ^a   Quinn, Frank H ^a   Sellinger, Cynthia E ^a  

^a ALTARUM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN RUNOFF; HYDROCLIMATIC FACTORS; HYDROCLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; EVAPORATION; LAKES; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 4444239652     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-8-1143     Document Type: Article

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