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Estimating energy budget components to determine Lake Huron evaporation
Author(s) -
Bolsenga S. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr011i005p00661
Subject(s) - shore , energy budget , evaporation , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , cruise , principal component analysis , geology , meteorology , oceanography , geography , statistics , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , physics , thermodynamics
Evaporation is estimated for Lake Huron by the energy budget method and compared to available mass transfer estimates. Data were from representative shoreline station measurements and vessel cruise measurements. Agreement between evaporation by the energy budget and by mass transfer was reasonable from February through July with the exception of May when measurement of the heat content was a problem. For the remainder of the year the disparity is marked. The principal difficulty encountered was the lack of meteorological measurements on the lake or adequate techniques to extrapolate the quantities from shoreline data. Quantitative monthly values for each component in the budget equation are the first published for Lake Huron and one of the few sets available for the Great Lakes.