Hydrodynamics of eastern Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL.4, 2012, Pages 194-204

  Paturi, Shastri ^a   Boegman, Leon ^a   Rao, Yerubandi R ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow reversal; Hydrodynamics; Intake protection zones; Kingston Basin; Spectral analysis; St. Lawrence River

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; CURRENT SIMULATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; FLOW DYNAMICS; FLOW REGIMES; FLOW REVERSALS; FOURIER; GREAT LAKES; KINGSTON BASIN; LAKE ONTARIO; MODEL RESULTS; NEAR-INERTIAL OSCILLATIONS; NEARSHORES; PROTECTION ZONES; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEMI-DIURNAL; ST. LAWRENCE RIVER; STORM EVENTS;

HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; OCEAN HABITATS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DRINKING WATER; EASTERLY WAVE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVER; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STORM TRACK;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

EID: 84869116191     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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