Recent accelerated warming of the Laurentian Great Lakes: Physical drivers

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1762-1786

  Zhong, Yafang ^a   Notaro, Michael ^a   Vavrus, Stephen J ^a   Foster, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE COVER; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WATER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 84978291056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10331     Document Type: Article

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