Assessment of a NEMO-based hydrodynamic modelling system for the Great Lakes

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 198-214

  Dupont, Frederic ^a   Chittibabu, Padala ^a   Fortin, Vincent ^a   Rao, Yerubandi R ^a   Lu, Youyu ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great lakes; Hydrodynamic modelling; Hydrology; Lake Ontario; Model intercomparison

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CENTRAL BASIN; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MULTISCALE MODELS; GLOBAL OCEAN MODEL; GREAT LAKES; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; ICE CONCENTRATION; LAKE ERIE; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE ONTARIO; LAKE SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; MODELLING SYSTEMS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; ROUTING MODEL; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE MIXED LAYERS; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LAKES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOCLINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; LAKE ONTARIO;

EID: 84873696850     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2012.014     Document Type: Article

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