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High winds over Lake Superior

Nature Geoscience volume 2, pages 827–828 (2009)Cite this article

In a warming climate, large lakes experience increasing water temperatures and ice loss. Observations from Lake Superior show that regional temperature rise has led to an increase in wind speeds over the lake.

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Figure 1: Fog and low-level clouds over Lake Superior in summer, caused by cooling of the surface air by the cold lake surface.

PETER D BLANKEN

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