Quantiative Assignment

quantitative_2_data_for_students.xls

Sheet1

	Data Set: Temperature Data, Both the Lake and the Land Temperatures
	Long term trends in Great Lakes temperatures.
	Data Source: NOAA-GLERL Great Lakes Monthly Hydrologic Data (1860-1990), Frank Quinn, NOAA GLERL. See: http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/arc/hydro/mnth-hydro.html
Water surface temperatures (Celsius)				Mean Daily Average Overlake Air Temperature (Cel)				Monthly Evaporation (inches/yr over lake)
	Superior	Huron	Erie	Superior	Huron	Erie		Superior	Huron	Erie
1968	5	8	10	4	6	9	1968	21	25	34
1969	6	9	10	4	6	9	1969	23	25	33
1970	5	8	10	4	6	9	1970	23	26	32
1971	6	9	11	4	6	9	1971	23	24	32
1972	5	8	10	2	5	8	1972	24	26	33
1973	7	9	12	5	7	10	1973	22	25	37
1974	6	8	11	3	6	9	1974	23	25	35
1975	6	8	11	4	7	10	1975	25	27	37
1976	6	9	11	3	6	8	1976	29	30	37
1977	6	8	11	4	6	9	1977	18	21	33
1978	6	8	10	3	5	8	1978	24	24	32
1979	5	7	10	3	6	8	1979	18	22	32
1980	6	8	10	3	5	8	1980	24	26	35
1981	6	8	11	4	6	9	1981	22	22	33
1982	5	7	11	3	6	9	1982	22	21	31
1983	7	10	12	4	7	10	1983	25	29	41
1984	6	8	10	4	6	9	1984	22	22	30
1985	6	8	11	3	6	9	1985	24	27	37
1986	6	8	11	4	6	9	1986	20	24	33
1987	8	9	12	6	8	10	1987	23	27	39
1988	7	9	11	4	7	9	1988	27	29	38
1989	6	8	11	3	6	9	1989	25	28	36
1990	6	8	12	5	7	10	1990	22	23	35
1991	7	9	13	4	7	11	1991	24	28	40
1992	7	9	11	4	6	9	1992	23	26	36
1993	6	9	11	3	6	9	1993	23	25	37
1994	6	8	11	4	6	9	1994	20	23	32
1995	7	9	12	4	6	9	1995	28	30	40
1996	4	8	11	3	6	9	1996	20	25	32
1997	5	8	12	4	6	9	1997	20	26	36
1998	9	11	14	7	8	12	1998	24	30	41
1999	9	11	13	6	8	10	1999	27	34	42
2000	8	9	11	5	7	10	2000	27	30	31
2001	7	9	11	6	8	11	2001	23	27	28
2002	7	8	12	5	7	10	2002	27	31	30
2003	5	11	10	4	6	9	2003	28	26	36
2004	6	7	11	4	6	10	2004	27	29	39