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A Tug‐of‐War Within the Hydrologic Cycle of a Continental Freshwater Basin
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2021
Source: Geophysical Research Letters, 48(4)
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Journal Title:Geophysical Research Letters
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Description:The past decade was the wettest on record for much of central and eastern North America. Near the beginning of this period of regional water abundance, however, drought conditions reinforced concerns that high temperatures and evapotranspiration foreshadowed a persistent imbalance in the hydrologic cycle characterized by water loss. These fluctuating hydrologic conditions were manifest by water level variability on the Laurentian Great Lakes, the largest system of lakes on Earth. We show that, during this period, the two dominant hydrologic forces acting directly on the vast surfaces of the lakes, overlake precipitation and overlake evaporation, have evolved differently. More specifically, we find that
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Source:Geophysical Research Letters, 48(4)
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ISSN:0094-8276;1944-8007;
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Rights Information:CC0 Public Domain
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Rights Statement:This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.
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