Hydrologic impacts of projected future climate change in the Lake Michigan region

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 33-50

  Cherkauer, Keith A ^a   Sinha, Tushar ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Daily streamflow distribution; Hydrologic metrics; Hydrology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE CHANGES; ANNUAL MEAN; B-INDEX; BASEFLOWS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DAILY STREAMFLOW DISTRIBUTION; DRAINAGE NETWORKS; FRESH WATER; FUTURE CLIMATE; GREAT LAKES; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; HYDROLOGIC METRICS; HYDROLOGY MODELS; IN-STREAM HABITATS; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE MICHIGAN; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; RIVER FLOW; SPRING FLOW; STREAM ECOLOGY; STREAMFLOW DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS; WATER YEAR;

HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BASEFLOW; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIVER FLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 77954659816     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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