Simulation of lake evaporation with application to modeling lake level variations of Harney‐Malheur Lake, Oregon

Water Resources Research
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A physically based eddy diffusion model for simulating the seasonal variation in lake temperature and evaporation is presented and validated. Because no lake‐specific fitting of the parameters of the model is necessary, the model can be used to simulate evaporation in studies of climate change and lake hydrology in a variety of settings. The eddy diffusion model is used to simulate evaporation for input to a simple lake level model that is applied to reconstruct recent fluctuations in the level of Harney‐Malheur Lake caused by climatic variations.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Simulation of lake evaporation with application to modeling lake level variations of Harney‐Malheur Lake, Oregon
Series title Water Resources Research
DOI 10.1029/WR026i010p02603
Volume 26
Issue 10
Year Published 1990
Language English
Publisher Wiley
Contributing office(s) Coop Res Unit Seattle, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Description 10 p.
First page 2603
Last page 2612
Country United States
State Oregon
Other Geospatial Harney‐Malheur Lake
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