Development and sensitivity analysis of a model for assessing stratification and safety of Lake Nyos during artificial degassing

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-301

  Schmid, Martin ^a   Lorke, Andreas ^a   Wüest, Alfred ^a   Halbwachs, Michel ^b   Tanyileke, Gregory ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c Institute for Geological and Mining Research (IRGM)   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Crater lakes; Heat balance; K epsilon model; Lake degassing; Lake Nyos

Indexed keywords

CRATER LAKE; DENSITY STRATIFICATION; HEAT BALANCE; K EPSILONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL FORCING; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGASSING; FORECASTING; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; MIXING;

LAKES;

EID: 2942613986     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0032-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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