Effects of water level fluctuation and short-term climate variation on thermal and stratification regimes of a British Columbia reservoir and lake

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-109

  Nowlin, Weston H ^a   Davies, John Mark ^a   Nordin, Rick N ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Drawdown; Heat budget; Mixing regimes; Reservoir limnology; Stratification; Thermal regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242698968     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140409354354     Document Type: Article

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