Changing thermal dynamics of lakes in the Great Lakes region: Role of ice cover feedbacks

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 155-172

  Mishra, Vimal ^a,b,c   Cherkauer, Keith A ^a,b   Bowling, Laura C ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Heat storage; Ice cover feedback; Lakes; VIC model

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BREAK-UP; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE WARMING; GREAT LAKES; ICE COVER; ICE COVER FEEDBACK; ICE FORMATIONS; LAKE EVAPORATION; LAND SURFACE MODELING; OPEN WATER; PHYSICALLY BASED; REGIONAL SCALE; SNOW STORAGE; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDITION; THERMAL DYNAMICS; THERMAL STORAGE; VARIABLE INFILTRATION CAPACITY MODELS; VIC MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK; HEAT STORAGE; ICE; LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE COVER; INFILTRATION; LAKE WATER; LAND SURFACE; OPEN WATER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79951554264     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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