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

Abstract

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.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6473300
Report Number(s):
ANL/ER-84-3
ON: DE85000790
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31-109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; LAKE MICHIGAN; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FOOD CHAINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERAL CYCLING; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHOSPHORUS; VALIDATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELEMENTS; GREAT LAKES; HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; LAKES; MASS TRANSFER; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYTOCHROMES; PIGMENTS; PORPHYRINS; SURFACE WATERS; TESTING; 520200* - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Lesht, B M. Lake Michigan eutrophication model: calibration, sensitivity, and five-year hindcast analysis. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Lesht, B M. Lake Michigan eutrophication model: calibration, sensitivity, and five-year hindcast analysis. United States.
Lesht, B M. 1984. "Lake Michigan eutrophication model: calibration, sensitivity, and five-year hindcast analysis". United States.
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author = {Lesht, B M},
abstractNote = {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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984},
month = {Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984}
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