Annual cycle of circulations in Lake Biwa, part 2: Mechanisms

Limnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-129

  Akitomo, Kazunori ^a   Tanaka, Kiyoshi ^b   Kumagai, Michio ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c LAKE BIWA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Gyre system; Heat flux; Lake Biwa; Wind

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; HEAT FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY; LAKE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; WIND DIRECTION; WIND STRESS;

ASIA; BIWA LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; SHIGA;

EID: 67651108797     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-009-0268-6     Document Type: Article

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