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The contribution of evaporation from the Great Lakes to the continental atmosphere: estimate based on stable isotope data
Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1029/94GL00069
Copyright 1994 by the American Geophysical Union.
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(1994), The contribution of evaporation from the Great Lakes to the continental atmosphere: estimate based on stable isotope data. Geophysical Research Letters, 21: 557–560. doi: 10.1029/94GL00069
Publication History
- Issue published online: 7 DEC 2012
- Article first published online: 7 DEC 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 7 JAN 1994
- Manuscript Received: 20 MAY 1993
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The isotopic composition of precipitation and river runoff in the vicinity of the North American Great Lakes is characterized by a higher deuterium-excess value than observed in the advecting air masses. It is suggested that this indicates that evaporated moisture from the surface waters is mixed with the atmosphere waters. A preliminary estimate of the atmospheric water balance during summer and autumn indicates that between 4.6%–15.7% of the atmospheric water content downwind from the Great Lakes is derived from lake evaporation during summer.