Horizontal transport and dispersion in the surface layer of a medium-sized lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 971-982

  Stocker, Roman ^a   Imberger, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; DRIFTER; GPS; LAKE WATER; STRATIFICATION;

ISRAEL; LAKE KINNERET;

EID: 0037986298     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.3.0971     Document Type: Article

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