Lagrangian measurements in Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 681-697

  Pal, Badal K ^a   Murthy, Raj ^b   Thomson, Richard E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drifter buoys; Eddy diffusivity; Flow field; Lake Ontario

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; EDDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LAKE DYNAMICS;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031787610     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(98)70854-8     Document Type: Article

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