Drought-driven changes in lake areas and their effects on the surface energy balance of Minnesota's lake-dotted landscape

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4055-4065

  Plank, Colin ^a   Shuman, Bryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOS; AREA-CHANGES; BALANCED ENERGY; ENERGY PARTITIONING; LAKE AREAS; MINNESOTA; MOISTURE BALANCE; OPEN WATER; STANDING WATERS; SURFACE ALBEDO; SURFACE ENERGY BALANCE; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER VOLUMES;

BUDGET CONTROL; DROUGHT; HEAT STORAGE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MOISTURE; PERSONNEL; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; WATER ANALYSIS;

LAKES;

ALBEDO; AUTUMN; DROUGHT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; ESTIMATION METHOD; OPEN WATER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249125747     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI1978.1     Document Type: Article

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