An Evaluation of Climatic Impact of the Niagara Ice Boom Relative to Air and Water Temperature and Winter Severity

摘要

The objective of this study was to determine if the Niagara River ice boom installed every winter since 1964-65 has prolonged the Lake Erie ice cover at Buffalo, NY, resulting in significant changes in the spring warm-up of Lake Erie and longer, colder winters in the area. On the basis of the analysis presented in this report, there is no evidence that the operation of the ice boom has either extended Buffalo winters or made them more severe.