Decadal oscillation of lakes and aquifers in the upper Great Lakes region of North America: Hydroclimatic implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 456-462

  Watras, C J ^a   Read, J S ^b   Holman, K D ^a   Liu, Z ^a,c   Song, Y Y ^c   Watras, A J ^d   Morgan, S ^e   Stanley, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^e Wisconsin Valley Improvement Company   (United States)

Author keywords

decadal oscillation; hydroclimate; water level

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DECADAL OSCILLATION; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; GROUND WATER TABLE; HYDROCLIMATE; HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGIC TIME SERIES; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES;

LAKES;

AQUIFER; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; OUTFLOW; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GULF OF MEXICO; LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84892578458     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058679     Document Type: Article

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