Statistics of microstructure patchiness in a stratified lake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Planella Morato, J ^a   Roget, E ^a   Lozovatsky, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; PROBABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND POWER;

CATALONIA , SPAIN; INTERNAL WAVES; LAKE DEPTH; LIGHT WIND; LOG-NORMAL; LOG-NORMAL MODEL; MEDIAN VALUE; METALIMNION; PATCH SIZE; PROFILING MEASUREMENTS; RICHARDSON; SHAPE PARAMETERS; STRATIFIED LAKES; THORPE SCALE; VERTICAL DIFFUSIVITY; WEIBULL PROBABILITY; WIND GUST; WIND SPEED;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

GUST; HYPOLIMNION; INTERNAL WAVE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; PATCH SIZE; PROBABILITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOCLINE; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND POWER; WIND VELOCITY;

CATALONIA; GERONA [CATALONIA]; LAKE BANYOLES; SPAIN;

EID: 80455150568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006911     Document Type: Article

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