Unprecedented seasonal water level dynamics on one of the earth's largest lakes

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 15-17

  Gronewold, Andrew D ^a   Stow, Craig A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; WATER LEVELS;

FRESH SURFACES; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ERIE; NORTH AMERICAN; SEASONAL CYCLE; WATER CYCLE; WATER LEVEL DYNAMICS;

LAKES;

EID: 84896528015     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00194.1     Document Type: Article

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