Linking synoptic-scale climate phenomena to lake-level variability in the Lake Michigan-Huron basin

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-434

  Polderman, Nathan J ^a   Pryor, Sara C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes; Lake levels; Lake Michigan Huron; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WATER LEVELS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; MODEL SIMULATIONS; TEMPORAL SCALES;

LAKES;

LAKE LEVEL; LIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 6344239047     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(04)70359-7     Document Type: Article

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