Inertial oscillations and related internal beat pulsations and surges in Lakes Michigan and Ontario

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1941-1955

  Mortimer, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIA; ISOTHERM; KELVIN WAVE; LAKE DYNAMICS; OSCILLATION; SEICHE; STORM SURGE; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749485300     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.5.1941     Document Type: Article

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