An extreme value analysis of Great Lakes water levels

Details

• Personal Author:
  Zervas, Chris
• Corporate Authors:
  NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products & Services
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NOS (National Ocean Service) ; CO-OPS (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products & Services)
• Description:
  This report examines the historical data on monthly mean lake levels of the Great Lakes to evaluate their distribution relative to the Low Water Datum (LWD) and the Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM). This analysis is important in the context of the upcoming change in the International Great Lakes Datum (IGLD) from the 1985 version to the 2020 version.
• Keywords:
  • Great Lakes
  • Chart datum
  • Lake levels
• Series:
  NOAA technical report NOS CO-OPS ; 110
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/yy4j-p358
• Format:
  pdf
• Publisher:
  NOAA National Ocean Service - https://ror.org/02k4h0334 ; NOAA Center for Operational Oceanographic Products & Services - https://ror.org/05vcng590
• Document Type:
  Technical Report
• Place as Subject:
  Great Lakes (North America)
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC0 Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/66888/noaa_66888_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.69 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Ocean Service (NOS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b33f545831284d84252a717b80488417f3d8bdd56c65878932703457ef870a1b01d718569834b397fcd489d7d31f7d76a29c6df37d17cea084a608a95cd09eb2