Model-simulated interannual variability of Lake Erie ice cover, circulation, and thermal structure in response to atmospheric forcing, 2003-2012

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4286-4304

  Fujisaki, Ayumi ^a   Wang, Jia ^b   Bai, Xuezhi ^a   Leshkevich, George ^b   Lofgren, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

ice hydrodynamic modeling; interannual variability; Lake Erie; lake ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAKES;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAKE ERIE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ICE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COASTAL CURRENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE COVER; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN WATER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TURBIDITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 84887080568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20312     Document Type: Article

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