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Which statement concerning storm surges on the Great Lakes is TRUE?

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• Storm surge mechanics on enclosed waters like the Great Lakes (wind setup and barometric pressure effects) • Relationship between wind direction and the long axis of a lake and how that affects water piling up at one end • Difference between a storm surge and a seiche (standing wave after the forcing stops)

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• Think about how wind blowing steadily over a long distance of water (long fetch) will move water: along the length of the lake or across its width? Which gives the largest level difference between ends? • Ask yourself: does a seiche usually develop when the forcing (wind) stops suddenly or when it dies out very slowly? How would that affect the water’s ability to oscillate back and forth? • Consider whether a storm surge on a long, narrow lake would change the level at only one end, or if raising it at one end implies a change somewhere else in the basin.

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• Verify that storm surge is primarily caused by strong, persistent winds, with barometric pressure changes as an additional factor on water level. • Check whether a seiche is defined as a free oscillation that often occurs after a rapid change in wind or pressure, not during a slowly changing condition. • Confirm that when water is piled up at one end of a long lake, the water level at the opposite end must change in the opposite sense (lower) to conserve volume, not stay unchanged.

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Question 1 of 20

Which statement concerning storm surges on the Great Lakes is TRUE?

The greatest water level difference occurs when the wind is blowing perpendicular to longitudinal axis of the lake

Are a result of strong winds and sharp change in barometric pressure

If the wind subsides gradually, a seiche effect will occur.

They cause rapid differences in levels at one end of the lake only

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Which statement concerning storm surges on the Great Lakes is TRUE?

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