Processes affecting horizontal mixing and dispersion in Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1865-1880

  Okely, Patricia ^a   Imberger, Jörg ^a   Antenucci, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BAY; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISPERSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEICHE; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CYCLE; WIND FORCING;

EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; NYANZA; WINAM GULF;

EID: 77958069841     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.1865     Document Type: Article

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