A numerical study of the Niagara River discharge near-shore flow field in Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 897-909

  Hayashida, Takanori ^a   Atkinson, Joseph F ^a   DePinto, Joseph V ^a   Rumer, Ralph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal current; Drifter trajectory; Finite element model; Hydrodynamic model; Lake Ontario; Near shore flow field; Niagara River; Numerical mesh

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; RIVER DISCHARGE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES(LAKE ONTARIO); NIAGARA RIVER;

EID: 0033504462     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(99)70787-2     Document Type: Article

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