Modelling thermal breakup on the Mackenzie River at the outlet of Great Slave Lake, N.W.T.

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 570-585

  Hicks, Faye ^a   Cui, Wei ^a   Andres, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Trillium Eng and Hydrographies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy budget; Heat transfer; River ice; Thermal breakup

Indexed keywords

FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; LAKE; MODELING; OUTLET; RIVER;

HEAT TRANSFER; ICE BREAKUP; LAKE OUTLET; RIVER ICE; THERMAL REGIME;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, GREAT SLAVE LAKE; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE RIVER;

EID: 0031457730     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l97-007     Document Type: Article

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