Field measurement of flow velocities, suspended solids concentrations, and temperatures in Lake Okeechobee

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 441-456

  Wang, Keh Han ^a   Jin, Kang Ren ^b   Tehrani, Mehrdad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid velocity measurements; Lake Okeechobee; Suspended solids concentration; Thermal stratification; Wind mixing

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

FIELD MEASUREMENT;

LAKES;

FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKE DYNAMICS; RESUSPENSION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND DIRECTION;

FLORIDA; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038036642     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04397.x     Document Type: Article

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