Observations of nepheloid layers made with an autonomous vertical profiler

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 124-133

  Hawley, Nathan ^a   Muzzi, Ronald W ^a  

^a NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Lake Michigan; Nepheloid layer; Vertical profiler

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; PROFILOMETRY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BENTHIC NEPHELOID;

LAKES;

INTERNAL WAVE; LIMNOLOGY; NEPHELOID LAYER; TRANSPARENCY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

GREAT LAKES (LAKE MICHIGAN); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037259175     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(03)70421-3     Document Type: Article

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