Effective fetch and relative exposure index maps for the Laurentian Great Lakes

• Published in: Scientific data Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 180295 - 7
• Main Authors: Mason, Lacey A., Riseng, Catherine M., Layman, Andrew J., Jensen, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 18.12.2018; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/158/1144; 704/286; 704/829/2737; Data Descriptor; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Science

Wind exposure is a key physical driver of coastal systems in aquatic environments influencing circulation and wave dynamics. A measure of wind exposure is fetch, the distance over which wind can travel across open water. In large lake systems, such as the Laurentian Great Lakes, estimating fetch has...