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The Great Lakes Water Balance: Data availability and annotated bibliography of selected references
Water balance calculations for the Great Lakes have been made for several decades and are a key component of Great Lakes water management. Despite the importance of the water balance, little has been done to inventory and describe the data available for use in water balance calculations. This report provides a catalog and brief description of major datasets that are used to calculate the Great Lakes water balance. Several additional datasets are identified that could be used to calculate parts of the water balance but currently are not being used. Individual offices and web pages that are useful for attaining these datasets are included. Four specific data gaps are also identified. An annotated bibliography of important publications dealing with the Great Lakes water balance is included. The findings of this investigation permit resource managers and scientists to access data more easily, assess shortcomings of current datasets, and identify which data are not currently being utilized in water balance calculations.
Suggested Citation
Neff, B., Killian, J.R., 2003, The Great Lakes Water Balance: Data availability and annotated bibliography of selected references: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4296, 37 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri024296.
Publication type
Report
Publication Subtype
USGS Numbered Series
Title
The Great Lakes Water Balance: Data availability and annotated bibliography of selected references