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TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON GREAT LAKES WATER BALANCE STUDIES 1
Author(s) -
Meredith Dale D.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1975.tb00660.x
Subject(s) - water balance , surface runoff , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , structural basin , precipitation , surface water , drainage basin , water supply , geology , geomorphology , ecology , environmental engineering , meteorology , geography , geotechnical engineering , cartography , biology
. Beginning of month water temperature profiles are estimated for each lake. These water temperature profiles along with surface water temperatures are used to determine the effects of thermal expansion and contraction of water on the net basin supply values obtained from water balance studies using end of month lake levels. It is demonstrated that net basin supply values (equivalent to precipitation on the lake minus the evaporation from the lake plus the runoff into the lake) obtained from water balance studies without accounting for the thermal expansion and contraction of water may be in error by as much as 100 percent during some months for each lake.