Relative effects of wind stress curl, topography, and stratification on large-scale circulation in Lake Michigan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Schwab, David J ^a   Beletsky, Dmitry ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake circulation; Vorticity; Wind stress curl

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; LAKE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION; WIND STRESS;

LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0038449082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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