Winter Climatology and Ice Characteristics: St. Marys River-Whitefish Bay Waterway.

On a regional basis the thermal behavior of Lake Superior and its interaction with the atmosphere in late fall and early winter promote widely varing temperature and snowfall patterns around the lake periphery. Field investigations indicate that snow-ice layers make up a large portion of the total i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brazel,Anthony J.
Other Authors: NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION DETROIT MICH LAKE SURVEY CENTER
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
Meteorology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*CLIMATOLOGY
GREAT LAKES)
(*GREAT LAKES
*ICE)
MARINE METEOROLOGY
PERIODIC VARIATIONS
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THICKNESS
INTERACTIONS
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
FREEZING
HEAT FLUX
SOLAR RADIATION
WIND
AIR WATER INTERACTIONS
ICE FORMATION
LAKE SUPERIOR
St. Marys River
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0733958
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Summary:On a regional basis the thermal behavior of Lake Superior and its interaction with the atmosphere in late fall and early winter promote widely varing temperature and snowfall patterns around the lake periphery. Field investigations indicate that snow-ice layers make up a large portion of the total ice thickness at select sites around the lake and on the St. Marys River Waterway. On a local waterway scale for the St. Marys River, Temperature controls on ice thicknesses and structures appear to be more significant at river sites where ice is more stable for a larger part of the ice season. (Further).

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