Hydrodynamic modeling of Lake Ontario: An intercomparison of three models

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

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

^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; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ERRORS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; CYCLONIC CIRCULATION; DIE-CAST; DISCRETIZATIONS; DOWN-WELLING; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SURFACE TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; MIXED LAYER; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL SCHEME; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STRONG WINDS; SUBSTANTIAL ERRORS; SUBSURFACE LEVELS; SURFACE CURRENT; THREE MODELS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TIME VARIABILITY; WIND EVENTS; Z LEVEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GYRE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 79251565837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006269     Document Type: Article

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