Consequences of thermal pollution from a nuclear plant on lake temperature and mixing regime

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 496, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-56

  Kirillin, Georgiy ^a   Shatwell, Tom ^a   Kasprzak, Peter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

FLake model; Global warming; Industrial thermal pollution; Lake stratification

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; COOLING WATER DISCHARGES; LAKE SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAKE TEMPERATURES; LAKE WATER TEMPERATURE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS; VERTICAL STABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING WATER; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKES; MIXING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; THERMAL POLLUTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DATA SET; DISCHARGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPOLIMNION; MIXING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL POLLUTION; THERMAL REGIME; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRANDENBURG [GERMANY]; GERMANY;

EID: 84878784062     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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