Lake Michigan eutrophication model: calibration, sensitivity, and five-year hindcast analysis

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6473300

Lesht, B M

A dynamic, deterministic, eutrophication model of Lake Michigan that was developed by Rodgers and Salisbury (1981) and installed at Argonne National Laboratotry as part of Interagency Agreement AD-89 F-0-145-0 is described in this report. The focus is on model formulation, calibration and verification, and the relationship between these processes and the available field data. Field data are too sparse for detailed analysis, but the model does produce a reasonable five-year simulation of several water quality variables, including total phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. The model provides a valuable framework for understanding the nutrient cycle in Lake Michigan, but forecasts made using the model must be considered within the context of model limitations. 20 references, 37 figures, 7 tables.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6473300
• Report Number(s): ANL/ER-84-3; ON: DE85000790
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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520200* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHLOROPHYLL
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EUTROPHICATION
FOOD CHAINS
GREAT LAKES
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKES
MASS TRANSFER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MINERAL CYCLING
NITRATES
NITRITES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS
PHYTOCHROMES
PIGMENTS
PORPHYRINS
SURFACE WATERS
TESTING
VALIDATION