The changing face of winter: lessons and questions from the Laurentian Great Lakes

T Ozersky, AJ Bramburger, AK Elgin, HA Vanderploeg… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Among its many impacts, climate warming is leading to increasing winter air temperatures,
decreasing ice cover extent, and changing winter precipitation patterns over the Laurentian …

Evaluation of the ERA5 significant wave height against NDBC buoy data from 1979 to 2019

J Wang, Y Wang - Marine Geodesy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Significant wave height (SWH) is a vital parameter in marine science research and
engineering application. The up-to-date reanalysis product ERA5 SWH brings new …

Wave climate associated with changing water level and ice cover in Lake Michigan

C Huang, L Zhu, G Ma, GA Meadows… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Detailed knowledge of wave climate change is essential for understanding coastal
geomorphological processes, ecosystem resilience, the design of offshore and coastal …

Investigating multidecadal trends in ice cover and subsurface temperatures in the laurentian great lakes using a coupled hydrodynamic–ice model

D Cannon, J Wang, A Fujisaki-Manome… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
While changing lake surface conditions have received significant research scrutiny, changes
in subsurface conditions, including stratification and heat content, remain largely …

Offshore wind development in the Great Lakes: challenges, resources and technical solutions

MJ Javaherian, A Wang, L Hall, L Zuo - Ocean Dynamics, 2025 - Springer
Offshore wind energy offers a significant opportunity for renewable energy development in
the Great Lakes. However, progress has been hampered by a range of challenges. This …

Assessing the potential for medium‐range ice forecasts in the Laurentian Great Lakes

AJ Yeo, EJ Anderson, C Jablonowski… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Real‐time forecasted ice information for large lakes, such as the Great Lakes, is critical for
essential operations, such as ice breaking, commercial navigation, search and rescue, and …

Lake ice simulation using a 3D unstructured grid model

YJ Zhang, C Wu, J Anderson, S Danilov, Q Wang, Y Liu… - Ocean Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
We develop a single-class ice and snow model embedded inside a 3D hydrodynamic model
on unstructured grids and apply it to lake studies using highly variable mesh resolution. The …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling multiscale and multiphysics coastal ocean processes: A discussion on necessity, status, and advances

H Tang, CR Nichols, LD Wright, D Resio - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coastal ocean flows are interconnected by a complex suite of processes. Examples are inlet
jets, river mouth effluents, ocean currents, surface gravity waves, internal waves, wave …

Modeling changes in ice dynamics and subsurface thermal structure in Lake Michigan-Huron between 1979 and 2021

D Cannon, A Fujisaki-Manome, J Wang, J Kessler… - Ocean Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
The world's largest lakes, including the Laurentian Great Lakes, have experienced
significant surface warming and loss of ice cover over the last several decades. Although …

Coupled modelling of storm surge, circulation and surface waves in a large stratified lake

LL Swatridge, RP Mulligan, L Boegman, S Shan… - Journal of Great Lakes …, 2022 - Elsevier
The wind-driven nature of large lakes suggests that the accuracy of meteorological inputs is
essential for hydrodynamic modelling. Moreover, coupling between the meteorological …