Horizontal mixing in lakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 101, Issue C8, 1996, Pages 18361-18375

  Peeters, F ^a   Wuest A ^a   Piepke, G ^a   Imboden, D M ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; MIXING; TURBULENCE;

HORIZONTAL MIXING; HYPOLIMNION; LAKE MIXING; SHEAR DIFFUSION MODEL; TURBULENCE MODEL;

EID: 0030423629     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JC01145     Document Type: Article

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