Present and future Laurentian Great Lakes hydroclimatic conditions as simulated by regional climate models with an emphasis on Lake Michigan-Huron

Climatic Change

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 603-618

  Music, Biljana ^a   Frigon, Anne ^a   Lofgren, Brent ^b   Turcotte, Richard ^c   Cyr, Jean François ^c  

^a Ouranos Consortium on Regional Climatology and Adaptation to Climate Change ^*  (Canada)

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

^c Centre d Expertise Hydrique du Québec CEHQ   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; EVAPORATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAKES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; GENERALIZED EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION; HYDROCLIMATIC CONDITIONS; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; WATER BUDGET COMPONENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE SIGNAL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WATER BUDGET;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN;

EID: 84929956397     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1348-8     Document Type: Article

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