Coherence between atmospheric teleconnections, Great Lakes water levels, and regional climate

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1284-1298

  Ghanbari, Reza Namdar ^a   Bravo, Hector R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes levels; Teleconnections; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COHERENT LIGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES LEVELS; TELECONNECTIONS;

LAKES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CHANNEL FLOW; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGY; LAKE LEVEL; NORTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TELECONNECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 51349128980     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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