Wind-driven circulation patterns in a shallow estuarine lake: St Lucia, South Africa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-59

  Schoen, Julia H ^a   Stretch, Derek D ^a   Tirok, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Advection mixing; Biological responses; Lake St Lucia; Residence times; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; RESIDENCE TIME; SHALLOW WATER; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

KWAZULU-NATAL; LAKE SAINT LUCIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84902497670     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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