Modeling the impacts of water level changes on a Great Lakes community

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 647-662

  Schwartz, Ryan C ^a   Deadman, Peter J ^b   Scott, Daniel J ^b   Mortsch, Linda D ^b  

^a NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geographic information systems; Great Lakes; Modeling; Water levels

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; RESEARCH;

COASTAL COMMUNITIES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); LAKE FREIGHTERS;

WATER LEVELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE LEVEL; MODELING;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 4544278041     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb04450.x     Document Type: Article

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