Scaling the Effects of Intermediate Disturbance and Changes to Small-Scale Ecosystem Structure on Ecosystem, Hydrology, Lake and Weather Interactions to the Scale of the Great-Lakes Region

Gil Bohrer, Ohio State University

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The hydrology and weather of the Great Lakes region is of great importance to the country’s water resources and economy. Climate, land-use and ecosystem changes will affect the region's climate and hydrology. We combine atmospheric, hydrology and coastal+lake models to test the sensitivity of the Great Lakes eco-hydrology models to the resolution of the processes that can be resolved by the models. At high resolution turbulence and convective processes can be resolved. We hypothesize that representing these at high-resolution these effects will drive significant differences in lake circulation and regional hydrology.