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High winds over Lake Superior

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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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  1. Wayne R. Rouse is in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada. rouse@mcmaster.ca,

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Rouse, W. High winds over Lake Superior. Nature Geosci 2, 827–828 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo705

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