Relationships between wind-driven and hydraulic flow in Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River Delta

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 147-158

  Anderson, Eric J ^a   Schwab, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta; Hydraulic; Hydrodynamic; Lake St. Clair; Mixing; Water age

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL INPUTS; DELTA; FLOW RETARDATION; FORECASTING MODELS; GREAT LAKES; HYDRAULIC FLOW; INFLOW CONDITIONS; MODEL SIMULATION; RIVER DELTAS; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEMS; SEVERE STORMS; SHALLOW LAKES; STORM EVENTS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND-INDUCED CURRENTS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS; STORMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LAKES;

DELTA; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; RIVER FLOW; SHALLOW WATER; STORM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND FORCING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURON; LAKE SAINT CLAIR; SAINT CLAIR RIVER;

EID: 79951581840     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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