Field calibration of a formula for entrance mixing of river inflows to lakes: Lake Taupo, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 785-802

  Spigel, Robert H ^a   Howard Williams, Clive ^a   Gibbs, Max ^a   Stephens, Scott ^a   Waugh, Barry ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Entrance mixing; Inflows to lakes; Initial dilution

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; INFLOW; MIXING;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAKE TAUPO; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WORLD;

EID: 22944485637     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517353     Document Type: Article

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