An overview of the characteristics of lake superior meteorology, hydrology and physical limnology

State of Lake Superior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-50

  Schertzer, William M ^a   Rao, Yerubandi R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circulation; Climate impacts; Climatology; Coastal dynamics; Eddies; Energy budget; Mesoscale wind forcing; Thermal regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859252542     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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