Sensitivity of summer Lake Superior thermal structure to meteorological forcing

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• thermal structure 74%
• ice cover 66%
• wind velocity 49%
• lake 37%
• summer 36%
• stratification 36%
• surface temperature 34%
• air temperature 33%
• winter 25%
• long-term trend 22%
• water temperature 18%
• surface water 14%
• temperature 7%

Agriculture & Biology

• Lake Superior 96%
• wind speed 72%
• summer 41%
• air temperature 39%
• heat 35%
• surface water temperature 34%
• winter 28%
• surface temperature 24%
• temperature 8%