| Title: | Wetter or colder during the last glacial maximum? Revisiting the pluvial lake question in southwestern North America |
| Authors: | Menking, K.M., R.Y, Anderson, N.G. Shafike, K.H. Syed and B.D. Allen |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Journal: | Quaternary Research |
| Volume (Issue): | 62(3) |
| Pages: | 280-288 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.yqres.2004.07.005 |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
| Primary Application Category: | model and/or data interface |
| Secondary Application Category: | climate change assessment |
| Watershed Description: | 5,000 km^2 Estancia Basin, located in central New Mexico, U.S. |
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| General Comments: | SWAT was interfaced with MODLFOW.LAK2 and LEEM (Lake Energy balance model) to calculate the hydrologic balance of Lake Estancia during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; ~25,000 to ~15,000 BP). Examination of previously proposed scenarios of Late Pleistocene climate suggest that LGM precipitation levels may have been 2x versus current levels; temperatures were cooler and runoff was as much as 15% of precipitation inputs. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Last Glacial Maximum; LGM; Lake Estancia; Pluvial lake; Hydrologic model; MODFLOW; LAK2; SWAT |