In this paper we utilize 7 years of SeaWiFS satellite data to obtain seasonal and inter-annual time histories of the major water color-producing agents (CPAs), phytoplankton chlorophyll (chl), dissolved organic carbon (doc), and suspended minerals (sm) for Lake Michigan. We first present validation of the Great Lakes specific algorithm followed by correlations of the CPAs with coincident environmental observations. Special attention is paid to the satellite observations of the extensive episodic event of sediment resuspension and calcium carbonate precipitation out of the water. We then compare the obtained time history of the CPA's spatial and temporal distributions throughout the lake to environmental observations such as air and water temperature, wind speed and direction, significant wave height, atmospheric precipitation, river runoff, and cloud and lake ice cover. Variability of the onset, duration, and spatial extent of both episodic events and seasonal phenomena are documented from the SeaWiFS time series data, and high correlations with relevant environmental driving factors are established. The relationships between the CPAs retrieved from satellite data and environmental observations are then used to speculate on the future of Lake Michigan under a set of climate change scenarios.
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Verification and Application of a Bio-optical Algorithm for Lake Michigan Using SeaWiFS: a 7-year Inter-annual Analysis
Robert Shuchman,
Anton Korosov,
Charles Hatt,
Dmitry Pozdnyakov,
Jay Means,
Guy Meadows
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Journal of Great Lakes Research
Vol. 32 • No. 2
June 2006
Vol. 32 • No. 2
June 2006
climate change
inter-annual events
lake ecology
Lake Michigan
satellite observations
sediment resuspension