Current variability in a wide and open lacustrine embayment in Lake Geneva (Switzerland)

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 455-465

  Razmi, A M ^a   Barry, D A ^a   Bakhtyar, R ^a   Le Dantec, N ^a,d,e   Dastgheib, A ^b,f   Lemmin, U ^a   Wuest A ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c Surface Waters Research and Management   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^f Centre d'Etudes Techniques Maritimes et Fluviales CETMEF   (France)

Author keywords

Current pattern; Delft3D; Drifters; Lake Geneva; Near shore hydrodynamics; Numerical modeling; Water circulation; Wind regime

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PATTERNS; DELFT3D; DRIFTERS; LAKE GENEVAS; NEARSHORES; WATER CIRCULATION; WIND REGIME;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ASPECT RATIO; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

LAKES;

COASTAL ZONE; GYRE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SIMULATION; STRATIFICATION; WATER FLOW; WIND FIELD;

LAKE GENEVA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84883236372     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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