Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5008
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5008
Table 4. Results from sensitivity testing showing the effect of changing a particular input parameter on annual average temperature, suspended sand and silt, and suspended clay in the whole lake and in the lake outflow for 2003.
| Input | Output | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | Percent change | WHOLE LAKE, percent change | OUTFLOW, percent change | ||||
| Temperature | Suspended sand and silt | Suspended clay | Temperature | Suspended sand and silt | Suspended clay | ||
| Wind sheltering coefficient | -20 | -1 | -3 | -1 | -1 | +2 | 0 |
| +20 | +1 | +5 | +1 | +1 | -2 | 0 | |
| Temperature of bottom sediments | -20 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -3 | 0 |
| +20 | +1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | +6 | 0 | |
| Light extinction factor for suspended sediments | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| +20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Suspended sediment settling rate | -20 | 0 | +33 | +12 | 0 | +65 | +10 |
| +20 | 0 | -21 | -10 | 0 | -35 | -8 | |
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