Analyses of lake superior seiche activity for estimating effects on pollution transport in the St. Louis River estuary under extreme conditions

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 293-300

  Sorensen, John ^a   Sydor, Mike ^a   Huls, Hubert ^b   Costello, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b Service Engineering Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; Lake Superior; Seiche; St. Louis River estuary; Water quality modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POLLUTION TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY MODEL;

LAKES;

EXTREME EVENT; LAKE WATER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEICHE; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3843110976     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0380-1330(04)70347-0     Document Type: Article

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