Evaluation of a 3-D hydrodynamic model and atmospheric forecast forcing using observations in Lake Ontario

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Huang, Anning ^a,b   Rao, Yerubandi R ^b   Lu, Youyu ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; ERRORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS;

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MULTISCALE MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SURFACE TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; MODEL SENSITIVITY; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; NET HEAT FLUX; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SURFACE WIND STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; TIME-SCALES; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKE WATER; MODEL TEST; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 77249142878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005601     Document Type: Article

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