Evaporation from Lake Superior: 2. Spatial distribution and variability

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-724

  Spence, C ^a   Blanken, P D ^b   Hedstrom, N ^a   Fortin, V ^a   Wilson, H ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Lake Superior; Meteorology; Water levels

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EVAPORATION RATE; ICE COVER; LAKE SUPERIOR; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT TERM; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WATER BALANCE;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; METEOROLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE MODELING; EVAPORATION; ICE COVER; LITERATURE REVIEW; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 82455218956     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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