A modeling study of ice-water processes for Lake Erie applying coupled ice-circulation models

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 585-599

  Fujisaki, Ayumi ^a   Wang, Jia ^b   Hu, Haoguo ^a   Schwab, David J ^b   Hawley, Nathan ^b   Rao, Yerubandi R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ice hydrodynamic modeling; Ice water coupling; Lake Erie; Lake ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BASAL MELTING; COUPLING PROCESS; HINDCASTS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; ICE COVER; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAKE ERIE; MODEL VALIDITY; MODELING STUDIES; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARALLEL PROCESSING; SATELLITE-DERIVED OBSERVATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS COUPLING; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

FLUID DYNAMICS; LAKES; MELTING;

ICE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CIRCULATION MODELING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HINDCASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE COVER; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 84869880318     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2012.09.021     Document Type: Article

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