Internal waves and the generation of turbulence in the thermocline of a large lake

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2353-2365

  Preusse, Martina ^a   Peeters, Frank ^a   Lorke, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DATA ACQUISITION; DISSIPATION; INTERNAL WAVE; KELVIN-HELMHOLTZ INSTABILITY; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER DEPTH;

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EID: 78649717211     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2353     Document Type: Article

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