A three-dimensional model of Lake Superior with ice and biogeochemistry

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-71

  White, Brooke ^a   Austin, Jay ^b   Matsumoto, Katsumi ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Ice; Lake Superior; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; ICE COVER; ICE MODEL; INTERANNUAL; LAKE SUPERIOR; LONG-TERM TREND; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MODELING STUDIES; NUMERICAL MODELING; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CYCLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WATER TEMPERATURES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ICE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; ICE COVER; LAKE WATER; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE WATER; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 84857140118     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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