Evaporation from Lake Superior: 1. Physical controls and processes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 707-716

  Blanken, Peter D ^a   Spence, Christopher ^b   Hedstrom, Newell ^b   Lenters, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Evaporation; Great Lakes; Ice cover; Lake Superior; Water levels

Indexed keywords

EDDY COVARIANCE METHOD; EVAPORATIVE HEAT LOSS; GREAT LAKES; HORIZONTAL WINDS; ICE COVER; ICE DURATION; LAKE SUPERIOR; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISM; NET RADIATION; PHYSICAL CONTROL; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SENSIBLE HEAT; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE CONDITIONS; WATER LOSS; WATER TEMPERATURES; WATER YEAR; WIND SPEED;

ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; FEEDBACK; HEAT LOSSES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; ICE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE; VAPORS; WATER LEVELS; WIND EFFECTS;

LAKES;

EDDY COVARIANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; EVAPORATION; ICE COVER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NET RADIATION; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER LEVEL; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 82455192386     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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