Assessment of the Laurentian Great Lakes’ hydrological conditions in a changing climate

• Published in: Climatic change Vol. 157; no. 2; pp. 243 - 259
• Main Authors: Mailhot, Edouard, Music, Biljana, Nadeau, Daniel F., Frigon, Anne, Turcotte, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.11.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Annual cycles; Annual precipitation; Atmospheric Sciences; Climate; Climate change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climate models; Computer simulation; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Evaporation; Extreme value theory; Extreme values; Extreme weather; Hydrologic models; Hydrology; Lakes; Maxima; Precipitation; Regional climate models; Regional climates; Runoff; Runoff increase; Seasonal variation; Seasonal variations; Statistical tests; Trends; Water supply; Weekly

A set of 28 simulations from five regional climate models are used in this study to assess the Great Lakes’ water supply from 1953 to 2100 following emissions scenarios RCP4.5 and 8.5 with a focus on bi-weekly changes in the means and extremes of hydrological variables. Models are first evaluated by...