A Hydrological Model for Estimating the Inflows to and Outflows From Grand Traverse Bay, August 1972
Subject
Lake Michigan; Grand Traverse Bay; Boardman River; Elk River; Discharge Relationship; GroundwaterAbstract
The objective of this project is to provide estimates of
inflow and outflow for any selected portion of Grand Traverse Bay.
The determination is made first for the 17-year period from 1953
to 1971, for which continuous records are available on the upper
Boardman River. For this period it was only necessary to find
relations between the discharges of the gaged and ungaged portions
of the basin. In order to extend inflow and outflow farther into
the past or into the future, a deterministic hydrological model
was developed for relating runoff to precipitation. This model
enables the extension of the estimated inflow and outflow rates
with accuracy over as many years as rainfall records are available
or can be estimated.
Description
Includes maps and tables. Figure 1. Grand Traverse Bay Drainage Basin; Table 1 Area on Which Discharges
Were Measured: Boardman, Elk, West Bay, East Bay, Old Mission; Figure 2
Discharge Relationship, Boardman River; Figure 3
Discharge Relationship Elk River; Figure 5 ground water depletion curve; Water Losses from Boardman Basin; Figure 6 Relation Between Water Losses and Precipitation
Boardman River Basin; Figure 7.
Relation Between Changes in Storage and Differences in Annual Precipitation
Boardman River Basin; Figure 8
Runoff Precipitation and Evapotranspiration
Boardman River Basin; Table 4 Outflow to Lake Michigan from Grand Traverse Bay