Modeling the impacts of a proposed hypolimnetic wastewater discharge on stratification and mixing in Onondaga Lake

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 195-206

  Owens, Emmet M ^a   Effler, Steven W ^b  

^a Syracuse University   (United States)

^b UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuser; Hydrothermal model; Stratification; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000322822     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438149609354008     Document Type: Article

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