Visualizing relationships between hydrology, climate, and water level fluctuations on Earth's largest system of lakes

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 807-811

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

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Data visualization; Great Lakes; Hydroclimate; Net basin supply; Water levels

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LAKES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; GREAT LAKES; HYDROCLIMATE; LAKE EVAPORATION; NET BASIN SUPPLY; WATER-LEVEL DATA; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATOLOGY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; REGIONAL PATTERN; WATER LEVEL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84907687813     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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