Precipitation climatology of Lake Michigan Basin

Changnon, Stanley Alcide

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Title

Precipitation climatology of Lake Michigan Basin

Author(s)

Changnon, Stanley Alcide

Contributor(s)

Illinois State Water Survey

Issue Date

1968

Keyword(s)

Precipitation (Meteorology)

Geographic Coverage

Lake Michigan watershed

Abstract

A detailed climatological study shows that the average annual precipitation over Lake Michigan is 6 percent less than that of the land portion of the basin. This is contrary to results of most previous studies which indicated that lake and land precipitation were equal. However, the results of this study are more accurate than the earlier findings because they are based on more detailed information from recent lake precipitation studies, a greater knowledge of the effect of the lake on the atmosphere and a greater volume of weather data than existed when the previous studies were made. The chief purpose of this study was to obtain the best possible measure of the average precipitation over the lake in order to estimate more accurately the total water resource of the Lake Michigan Basin.

Publisher

Illinois State Water Survey

Series/Report Name or Number

Bulletin (Illinois State Water Survey) no. 52

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://www.isws.illinois.edu/pubdoc/B/ISWSB-52.pdf

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Copyright 1968 Board of Trustees University of Illinois

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