A dynamic graphical interface for visualizing projected, measured, and reconstructed surface water elevations on the earth's largest lakes

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 34-39

  Gronewold, Andrew D ^a   Clites, Anne H ^a   Smith, Joeseph P ^a,b   Hunter, Timothy S ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Data access; Data visualization; Great Lakes; Water levels

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SURFACE WATERS; DATA ACCESS; GREAT LAKES; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; PALEOCLIMATE RESEARCH; RECONSTRUCTED SURFACES; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA TRANSFER; DATA VISUALIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); FORECASTING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; TOOLS; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ELEVATION; FRESHWATER; GRAPHICAL METHOD; LAKE WATER; SURFACE WATER; VISUALIZATION; WATER LEVEL; WATER RESOURCE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84882633359     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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