Predicting the oscillating bi-directional exchange flow in the Straits of Mackinac

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-671

  Anderson, Eric J ^a   Schwab, David J ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi lake oscillation; Exchange flow; Helmholtz mode; Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; Straits of Mackinac

Indexed keywords

BI-LAKE OSCILLATION; EXCHANGE FLOW; HELMHOLTZ; LAKE HURONS; LAKE MICHIGAN; STRAITS OF MACKINAC;

FORECASTING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SAILING VESSELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

HYDRODYNAMICS; OSCILLATING FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STRAIT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; LAKE MICHIGAN; MICHIGAN; STRAITS OF MACKINAC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888823448     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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