Joseph Genter

Abstract

Lake Ontario's outflow and level have many effects on surrounding communities and down stream populations in northeastern United States. Since many people and industries rely on Lake Ontario for recreation, power generation, and navigation, to name a few, significant effort has focused on forecasting the water levels and water supplies. This analysis concentrates on forecasting the water supply into Lake Ontario. Independent time series models were developed for (1) Lake Ontario's supply from Lake Erie and for (2) the remaining "local" supply, also termed net basin supply, over the period from 1900 through 1992. These two models were combined to produce total supply predictions for Lake Ontario. In comparison, this model performed slightly better than another time series model based solely on past values of the Lake's total supply.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Ontario, Lake (N.Y. and Ont.); Water-supply--Great Lakes; Water levels--Great Lakes (North America)

Publication Date

5-7-1998

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Mechanical Engineering (KGCOE)

Advisor

Lewis, Frank

Advisor/Committee Member

Wood, Herbert

Advisor/Committee Member

Kempski, M.

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TC423.3 .G46 1998

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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