Summer circulation and exchange in the Saginaw Bay-Lake Huron system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2713-2734

  Nguyen, Tuan D ^a   Thupaki, Pramod ^a,b   Anderson, Eric J ^c   Phanikumar, Mantha S ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersion; flushing time; Lake Huron; mixing; residence time; Saginaw Bay

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIXING;

CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FLUSHING TIME; LAGRANGIAN DRIFTERS; LAKE HURONS; MODELING CIRCULATION; NATIONAL DATA BUOY CENTERS; RESIDENCE TIME; SAGINAW BAY;

LAKES;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; DYE; ESTUARINE FRONT; GYRE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER PLUME; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE HURON; MICHIGAN; SAGINAW BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84900509375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009828     Document Type: Article

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