Raymond Assel

All GLERL Publications for Assel:

• Kunkel, K., P. Bromirski, H. Brooks, T. Cavazos, A. Doug, D. Easterling, K. Emanual, P. Groisman, G. Holland, T. Knutson, J. Kosin, P. Komar, D. Levinson, R. Smith, J. Allen, R.A. ASSEL, S. Changnon, J. Lawrimore, K.B. Liu, and T. Peterson. Chapter 2: Observed changes in weather and climate extremes. In Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate: Regions of Focus: North America, Hawaii, Caribbean, and U.S. Pacific Islands. T. R. Karl, G.A. Meehi, C.D. Miller, S.J. Hassol, A.M. Waple, and W.L. Murray (Eds.). The U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Washington, DC, pp. 35-80 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080019.pdf
• Schertzer, W.M., R.A. ASSEL, D. BELETSKY, T.E. CROLEY II, B.M. LOFGREN, J.H. SAYLOR, and D.J. SCHWAB. Lake Huron climatology, inter-lake exchange and mean circulation. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 11(2):144-152 (2008).
• ASSEL, R. A. Indicator: Lake Erie ice cover. In State of the Strait: Status and Trends of Key Indicators. J.H. Hartig, M.A. Zarull, J.H. Ciborowski, J.E. Gannon, E. Wilke, G. Norwood, and A. Vincent (Eds.). Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Occasional Publication No. 5, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 102-104 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070044.pdf
• SCHWAB, D. J., B. J. EADIE, R. A. ASSEL, and P. J. Roebber. Climatology of large sediment resuspension events in southern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:50-62 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060007.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A. Detroit River - Western Lake Erie Basin Indicator Project. Indicator: Lake Erie Ice Cover. U.S. EPA Web Site (2006). http://www.epa.gov/med/grosseile_site/indicators/index.html
• ASSEL, R. A. Classification of annual Great Lakes ice cycles: Winters of 1973-2002. Journal of Climate 18:4895-4905 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050028.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A. Conditional probability of December and January ice cover at selected Great Lakes shore sites. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-134. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 31 pp. (2005). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-134/tm-134.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A. Great Lakes ice cover climatology update: Winters 2003, 2004, and 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-135. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 21 pp. (2005). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-135/tm-135.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A. Great Lakes weekly ice cover statistics. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-133. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 27 pp. (2005). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-133/
• ASSEL, R. A. Computerized National Weather Service Great Lakes ice reports for winter seasons 1899-1970. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-130. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 31 pp. (2004). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-130
• ASSEL, R. A. A Laurentian Great Lakes ice cover climatology. Proceedings of the 61st Annual Meeting of the Eastern Snow Conference, Portland, Maine, June 9-11, 2004. 2 pp. (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040027.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., F. H. QUINN, and C. E. SELLINGER. Hydro-climatic factors of the recent drop in Laurentian Great Lakes water levels. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 85(8):1143-1151 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040017.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., S. Drobot, and T. E. CROLEY, II. Improving 30-day Great Lakes ice cover outlooks. Journal of Hydrometeorology 5(4):713-717 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040016.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., S. Drobot, and T. E. CROLEY, II. Improving monthly Great Lakes ice cover outlooks. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-129. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 22 pp. (2004). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-129
• ASSEL, R. A. Lake Erie ice cover climatology -- basin averaged ice cover: winters 1898-2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-128. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 15 pp. (2004). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-128
• ASSEL, R. A. Great Lakes monthly and seasonal accumulations of freezing degree days -- winters 1898-2002. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-127. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 36 pp. (2003). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-127
• ASSEL, R. A. An Electronic Atlas of Great Lakes Ice Cover, Winters 1973-2002. NOAA Atlas. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 CD-ROM Set or DVD (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/atlas
• ASSEL, R. A. Great Lakes ice cover, first ice, last ice, and ice duration. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-125. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 49 pp. (2003). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-125
• ASSEL, R. A. Great Lakes ice cover - winter 2003 compared with GLERL's 30-winter ice cover climatology. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/
• Rodionov, S. and R. A. ASSEL. Winter severity in the Great Lakes region: A tale of two oscillations. Climate Research 24:19-31 (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030031.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., K. CRONK, and D. C. NORTON. Recent trends in Laurentian Great Lakes ice cover. Climatic Change 57:185-204 (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030001.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., and D. C. NORTON. Twentieth century trends in the ice cover of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America. Ice in the Environment: Proceedings of the 16th IAHR International Symposium on Ice, V. Squire and P. Langhorne (Eds.), Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2-6, 2002. International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, pp. 321-327 (2002).
• LOFGREN, B. M., F. H. QUINN, A. H. CLITES, R. A. ASSEL, A. J. Eberhardt, and C. L. Luukkonen. Evaluation of potential impacts on Great Lakes water resources based on climate scenarios of two GCMs. Journal of Great Lakes Research 28(4):537-554 (2002). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2002/20020020.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., D. C. NORTON, and K. C. CRONK. A Great Lakes ice cover digital data set for winters 1973-2000. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-121, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 45 pp. (2002).
  ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-121
• CROLEY, T. E. II, and R. A. ASSEL. Great Lakes evaporation model sensitivities and errors. Proceedings, Second Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Subcommittee on Hydrology of the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data, Las Vegas, NV, July 28-August 1, 2002. 12 pp. (2002).
  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2002/20020004.pdf
• QUINN, F. H., R. A. ASSEL, and C. E. SELLINGER. Hydro-climatic factors and socioeconomic impacts of the recent record drop in Laurentian Great Lakes water levels. Preprints of the 13th symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, Orlando, Florida, January 13-17, 2002. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. 91-93 (2002).
• RODIONOV, S., R. A. ASSEL, and L. R. HERCHE. Tree-structured modeling of the relationship between Great Lakes ice cover and atmospheric circulation patterns. Journal of Great Lakes Research 27(4):486-502 (2001). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2001/20010011.pdf
• RODIONOV, S., and R. A. ASSEL. A new look at the Pacific/North American index. Journal of Geophysical Research Letters 28(8):1519-1522 (2001). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2001/20010009.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., and D. C. NORTON. Visualizing Laurentian Great Lakes ice cycles. EOS Transactions 82(7):83 (2001).
• ASSEL, R. A., and L. R. HERCHE. Coherence of long-term lake ice records. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:2789-2792 (2000).
• ASSEL, R. A. Ice records on Grand Traverse Bay. In Grand Traverse Bay State of the Bay Report 2000, C. Wright and A. Hensen (Eds.), The Watershed Center, Grand Traverse Bay, Traverse City, MI, pp. 18 (2000).
• Magnuson, J. J., D. M. Robertson, B. J. Benson, R. H. Wynne, D. M. Livingstone, T. Arai, R. A. ASSEL, R. G. Barry, V. Card, E. Kuusisto, N. G. Granin, T. D. Prowse, K. M. Stewart, and V. S. Vuglinski. Historical trends in lake and river ice cover in the Northern Hemisphere. Science 289:1743-1746 (2000).
• LOFGREN, B. M., F. H. QUINN, A. H. CLITES, and R. A. ASSEL. Water resources: Impacts, challenges, and opportunities. In Preparing for Climate Change: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change, P.J. Sousounis and J.M. Bisanz (eds.), US EPA, Ann Arbor, MI, pp. 29-37 (2000).
• RODIONOV, S., and R. A. ASSEL. Atmospheric teleconnection patterns and severity of winters in the Laurentian Great Lakes basin. Atmosphere-Ocean XXXVIII(4):601-635 (2000).
  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2000/20000005.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., J. E. Janowiak, D. Boyce, C. O'Connors, F. H. QUINN, and D. C. NORTON. Laurentian Great Lakes ice and weather conditions for the 1998 El Nino winter. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 81(4):703-717 (2000).
  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2000/20000001.pdf
• Magnuson, J. J., D. M. Robertson, B. J. Benson, R. H. Wynne, D. M. Livingstone, T. Arai, R. A. ASSEL, R. G. Barry, V. Card, E. Kuusisto, N. G. Granin, T. D. Prowse, K. M. Stewart, and V. S. Vuglinski. Historical trends in lake and river ice cover in the Northern Hemisphere. Science 289:1743-1746 (2000).
• NORTON, D. C., R. A. ASSEL, D. MEYERS, B. A. HIBNER, N. MORSE, P. J. TRIMBLE, K. CRONK, and M. RUBENS. Great Lakes ice data rescue project. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-117. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 63 pp. (2000) ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-117
• ASSEL, R. A. Chapter 6. Great Lakes Ice Cover. In Potential Climate Change Effects on Great Lakes Hydrodynamics and Water Quality, D.C.L. Lam and W.M. Schertzer, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, pp. 6.1-6.21 (1999). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1999/19990016.pdf
• RODIONOV, S., and R. A. ASSEL. Laurentian Great Lakes ice cover and atmospheric teleconnection patterns: A decision-tree analysis. Proceedings, Eighth Conference on Climate Variations, Denver, CO, September 13-17, 1999. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, pp. 38-43 (1999). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1999/19990017.pdf
• ASSEL, R. A., J. E. Janowiak, D. C. NORTON, and C. O' Connors. Climate perspective of the 1997-98 Laurentian Great Lakes ice cover. Proceedings, 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, 79th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Societye, Dallas, TX, 73-76 (1999). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1999/19990015.pdf
• ASSEL, R. The 1997 ENSO Event and Implications for North American Laurentian Great Lakes Winter Severity and Ice Cover. Geophysical Research Letters 25(7):1031-1033 (1998). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1998/19980016.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and L.R. HERCHE. Ice-on dates, ice-off dates, and ice duration for lakes and rivers with long-term records. Proceedings, 14th International Ice Symposium, H.T. Shen, Potsdam, New York, July 27-31, 1998. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Netherlands, p. 147-151 (1998). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1998/19980017.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., D.C. NORTON, and F.H. QUINN. Early 20th Century Lake Superior Basin Precipitation Estimate. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-107, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 22 pp. (1998). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-107/tm-107.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and S. Rodionov. Atmospheric teleconnections for annual maximum ice cover on the Laurentian Great Lakes. International Journal of Climatology 18:425-442 (1998).
  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1998/19980001.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and S. Rodionov. Laurentian Great Lakes ice cover teleconnections. Proceedings, 21st Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Huntsville, Alabama, October 28-November 1, 1996. NOAA Climate Prediction Center and the Earth System Science Laboratory, University of Alabama, Huntsville, 122-125 (1997).
• Magnuson, J.J., K.E. Webster, R.A. ASSEL, C.J. Bowser, P.J. Dillon, J.G. Eaton, H.E. Evans, E.J. Fee, R.I. Hall, L.R. Mortsch, D.W. Schindler, and F.H. QUINN. Potential effects of climatic changes on aquatic systems: Laurentian Great Lakes and Precambrian Shield region. Hydrological Processes 11:825-871 (1997).
• EADIE, B.J., D.J. SCHWAB, G.A. LESHKEVICH, T.H. JOHENGEN, R.A. ASSEL, N. HAWLEY, R.E. Holland, M.B. LANSING, P.J. LAVRENTYEV, G.S. MILLER, N.R. MOREHEAD, J.A. ROBBINS, and P. VANHOOF. Development of recurrent coastal plume in Lake Michigan observed for first time. EOS Transactions 77(35):337-338 (1996). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/eegle/products/pub-eos96.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., J.E. Janowiak, S. Young, and D. Boyce. Winter 1994 weather and ice conditions for the Laurentian Great Lakes. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 77(1):71-88 (1996). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1996/19960001.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., D.M. Robertson, M.H. Hoff, and J.H. Selgeby. Climatic change implications from long-term (1823-1994) ice records for the Laurentian Great Lakes. Annals of Glaciology 21:383-386 (1995). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1995/19950020.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., C.E. SELLINGER, D.E. MEYER, R.N. KELLEY, and P. Grimm. Great Lakes states monthly average temperature dataBeginning of record to 1990. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-88, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (NTIS# PB96-125604/XAB) 51 pp. (1995). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-088/tm-088.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Great Lakes Ice Cover Studies. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 4 pp. (1995).
• ASSEL, R.A., and D.M. Robertson. Changes in winter air temperatures near Lake Michigan, 1851-1993, as determined from regional lake-ice records. Limnology and Oceanography 40(1):165-176 (1995). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1995/19950019.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., C.E. SELLINGER, D.E. MEYER, and R.N. KELLEY. Great Lakes states monthly precipitation data - beginning of record to 1990. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-86, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (NTIS # not yet available) 39 pp. (1995). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-086/tm-086.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Long term trends in Laurentian Great Lakes ice cover. GLERL Open File Report, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 5 pp. (1994). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1994/19940007.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., T.E. CROLEY, and K. Schneider. Computer visualization of long-term average Great Lakes temperature and ice cover. Journal of Great Lakes Research 20(4):771-782 (1994). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1994/19940004.pdf
• Magnuson, J.J., C.J. Bowser, R.A. ASSEL, B.T. DeStasio, J.R. Eaton, E.J. Fee, P.J. Dillion, L.D. Mortsch, N.T. Roulet, F.H. QUINN, and D.W. Schindler. Region 1. - Laurentian Great Lakes and Precambrian Shield. Proceedings, Regional Assessment of Freshwater Ecosystems and Climate Change in North America, Leesburg, Virginia, October 24-26, 1994. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 3-4 (1994). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1994/19940008.pdf
• CROLEY, T.E., II, and R.A. ASSEL. A one-dimensional ice thermodynamics model for the Laurentian Great Lakes. Water Resources Research 30(3):625-639 (1994).
• SCHNEIDER, K., R.A. ASSEL, and T.E. CROLEY. Normal temperature and ice cover of the Great Lakes. Second Thematic Conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, New Orleans, LA, January 31-February 2, 1994. 325-335 (1994). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1994/19940009.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Book review of "Climate Change on the Great Lakes Basin". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 74(6):1087-1088 (1993). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1993/19930012.pdf
• Brown, R.W., W.W. Taylor, and R.A. ASSEL. Factors affecting the recruitment of Lake Whitefish in two areas of Northern Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 19(2): 418-428 (1993). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1993/19930007.pdf
• SCHNEIDER, K., R.A. ASSEL, and T.E. CROLEY. Normal water temperature and ice cover of the Laurentian Great Lakes: A computer animation, data base, and analysis tool. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-81, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (NTIS# PB95-171203/XAB) 47 pp. (1993). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-081/tm-081.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. A computer tutorial for Great Lakes ice cover climatology. Proceedings, 48th Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, June 5-7, 1991. 267-272 (1992). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1992/19920016.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Great Lakes winter weather 700-hPa PNA teleconnections. Monthly Weather Review 120(9):2156-2163 (1992). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1992/19920001.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and D.M. Robertson. Climatic changes near the Great Lakes inferred from 141 year ice records. Proceedings, 5th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 22-26, 1992. Environment Canada, Toronto, 81-85 (1992). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1992/19920017.pdf
• Burrows, W.R., and R.A. ASSEL. Use of CART for diagnostic and prediction problems in the atmospheric sciences. Proceedings, 12th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 22-26, 1992. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 161-166 (1992). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1992/19920018.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and J.M. RATKOS. A computer tutorial and animation of the normal ice cycle of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America for 1960-1979. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-76, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB92-129949/XAB) 31 pp. (1991). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-076/tm-076.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Implications of CO₂, global warming on Great Lakes ice cover. Climate Change 18(4):377-395 (1991). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1991/19910007.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and J.M. RATKOS. Animation of the normal ice cycle of the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America. Preprint Volume, Seventh International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Hydrology and Oceanography, New Orleans, LA, January 14-18, 1991. American Meteorology Society, Boston, MA, 331-335 (1991). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1991/19910008.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. An ice-cover climatology for Lake Erie and Lake Superior for the winter seasons 1897-1898 to 1982-1983. International Journal of Climatology 10:731-748 (1990). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1990/19900009.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and D.C. NORTON. A comparison of Great Lakes winter severity and ice coverwinter 1990 vs. the historical record. Proceedings, 1990 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Snow Conference, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, June 6, 1990. 143-154 (1990). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1990/19900010.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Impact of global warming on Great Lakes ice cycles. In The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States: Appendix A - Water Resources, U.S. EPA Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Washington, DC, 5.1-5.30 (1989). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1989/19890008.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Temperature effects on Lake Superior changes in storage: A 1976 case study update. GLERL Open File Report, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 8 pp. (1988).
• ASSEL, R.A. Technical Note: Thermal changes in Lake Superior storage in 1976. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 113(9):1175-1181 (1987).
• ASSEL, R.A. Fall and winter thermal structure of Lake Superior. Journal of Great Lakes Research 12(4):251-262 (1986). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1986/19860005.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Great Lakes degree-day and winter severity index uptate: 1897-1983. NOAA Data Report ERL GLERL-29, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB-222437/XAB) 61 pp. (1986).
• ASSEL, R.A. Temperature effects on Lake Superior changes in storage: A case study for 1976. GLERL Open File Report, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 32 pp. (1986).
• ASSEL, R.A. Thermal changes in Lake Superior storage for 1976. GLERL Open File Report, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI 9 pp. (1986).
• ASSEL, R.A. Lake Superior cooling season temperature climatology. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-58, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB86-110624/XAB) 45 pp. (1985).
• ASSEL, R.A., C.R. Snider, and R. Lawrence. Comparison of 1983 Great Lakes weather and ice conditions with previous years. Monthly Weather Review 113:291-303 (1985). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1985/19850001.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., C.R. Snider, and R. Lawrence. Great Lakes winter weather and ice conditions for 1982-83. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-55, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB85-165009/XAB) 43 pp. (1984).
• ASSEL, R.A. Sub-committee report: Summary of the discussion on ice information and forecasting. Proceedings, Great Lakes Ice Research Workshop, R.A. Assel and J.G. Lyon (eds.), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October 18-19, 1983. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 65-71 (1984). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1984/19840008.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A., and J.G. Lyon. Proceedings, Great Lakes Ice Research Workshop, R.A. Assel and J.G. Lyon (eds.), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October 18-19, 1983. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 76 (1984). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1984/19840008.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Lake Erie regional ice cover analysis: Preliminary results. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-48, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB84-138734) 33 pp. (1983).
• ASSEL, R.A., F.H. QUINN, G.A. LESHKEVICH, and S.J. BOLSENGA. NOAA Great Lakes Ice Atlas. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 115 pp. (1983).
• ASSEL, R.A. A computerized ice concentration data base for the Great Lakes. NOAA Data Report ERL GLERL-24, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB83-233031) 28 pp. (1983). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-024/dr-024.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Description and analysis of a 20-year (1960-79) digital ice-concentration database for the Great Lakes of North America. Annals of Glaciology 4:14-18 (1983).
• ASSEL, R.A. Lake Superior bathythermograph data: 1973-79. NOAA Data Report ERL GLERL-25, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (PB83-252890) 24 pp. (1983).
• Rumer, R.R., Jr., W.F. Bialas, F.H. QUINN, R.A. ASSEL, and D.W. GASKILL. Niagara River ice boom: Effects on environment. Journal of Technical Topics in Civil Engineering 109:105-116 (1983).
• QUINN, F.H., R.A. ASSEL, and D.W. GASKILL. An evaluation of the impact of the Niagara River ice boom on the air temperature regime at Buffalo, New York. Journal of Applied Meteorology 21(3):342-349 (1982). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1982/19820002.pdf
• ASSEL, R.A. Great Lakes degree-day and temperature summaries and norms, 1897-1977. NOAA Data Report ERL GLERL-15, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB80-195977) 113 pp. (1980).
• ASSEL, R.A. Maximum freezing degree-days as a winter severity index for the Great Lakes, 1897-1977. Monthly Weather Review 108(9):1440-1445 (1980). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1980/19800001.pdf
• DeWitt, B.H., D.F. Kahlbaum, D.G. Baker, J.H. Wartha, F.A. Keyes, D.E. Boyce, F.H. QUINN, R.A. ASSEL, A. Baker-Blocker, and K.M. Kurdziel. Summary of Great Lakes weather and ice conditions, winter 1978-79. NOAA Technical Memoran dum ERL GLERL-31, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB80-179203) 123 pp. (1980).
• QUINN, F.H., R.A. ASSEL, and D.W. GASKILL. An evaluation of the climatic impact of the Niagara ice boom relative to air and water temperature and winter sever ity. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-30, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB81-14093) 31 pp. (1980).
• ASSEL, R.A., D.E. Boyce, B.H. DeWitt, J.H. Wartha, and F.A. Keyes. Summary of Great Lakes weather and ice conditions, winter 1977-78. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-26, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB80-179203) (1979).
• ASSEL, R.A., and F.H. QUINN. A historical perspective of the 1976-77 Lake Michi gan ice cover. Monthly Weather Review 107(3):336-341 (1979). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1979/19790002.pdf
• QUINN, F.H., R.A. ASSEL, D.E. Boyce, G.A. LESHKEVICH, C.R. Snider, and D. Weisnet. Summary of Great Lakes weather and ice conditions, winter 1976-77. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-20, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB-292-613/7GA) 141 pp. (1978).
  
• ASSEL, R.A., and F.H. QUINN. Preliminary classification of Great Lakes winter severity, 1947-76. GLERL Open File Report, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (1977).
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• ASSEL, R.A. St. Lawrence River freeze-up forecast procedure. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL GLERL-6, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI (PB-256-100/9GI) 50 pp. (1976).
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