A semi-Lagrangian study of circulation and transport in Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 774-790

  Prakash, Shwet ^a,b   Atkinson, Joseph F ^a   Green, Mark L ^a,c  

^a State University of New York ^*  (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c TECH X CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; General circulation; Hydrodynamics; Lagrangian; Lake Ontario; Particle tracking; Random walk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION; PARTICLE TRACKING; RANDOM WALK;

WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

ALGAL BLOOM; CIRCULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MOVEMENT; PREDICTION; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

NIAGARA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ALGAE;

EID: 38349008673     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[774:ASSOCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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