Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread Geo Kloppel
The full answer about the reluctance of Cayuga and especially Seneca to completely freeze over is a bit complicated, but a primer on the physical limnology can be read here: http://www.gflrpc.org/Publications/SenecaLakeWMP/chap6a.pdf -Geo Kloppel On Feb 9, 2014, at 7:20 AM, Liisa S. Mobley

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread John Confer
Historically, Lake Superior did freeze over entirely. The current open water during winter allows for much greater evaporation that would occur if the ice cover were 100%. One of the major contributors to the drop in the level of the Great Lakes is the additional winter evaporation associated

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread Linda Post Van Buskirk
] Article about great lakes freezing over The full answer about the reluctance of Cayuga and especially Seneca to completely freeze over is a bit complicated, but a primer on the physical limnology can be read here: http://www.gflrpc.org/Publications/SenecaLakeWMP/chap6a.pdf -Geo Kloppel On Feb 9

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread Ann Mitchell
. -Original Message- From: bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:29 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over The full answer about

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread Carl Steckler
With both Miliken Station ( or what ever it is called now) and the Cornell lake source cooling adding warm water it almost impossible for the lake to completely freeze over, there will always be some open water. It really is just a matter of how much. Also for the record, having lived in the

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread Geo Kloppel
[mailto:bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:29 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over The full answer about the reluctance of Cayuga and especially Seneca to completely freeze over

RE: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread Kevin J. McGowan
...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112540398-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Carl Steckler Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 4:14 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over With both Miliken Station ( or what ever it is called now) and the Cornell lake

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over

2014-02-09 Thread Liisa S. Mobley
cold. -Original Message- From: bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-112539549-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 8:29 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Article about great lakes freezing over