Three-dimensional winter modeling and the effects of ice cover on hydrodynamics, thermal structure and water quality in Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue S3, 2014, Pages 19-28

  Oveisy, Ali ^a   Rao, Yerubandi R ^a   Leon, Luis F ^a   Bocaniov, Serghei A ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic modeling; Lake Erie; Lake ice cover; Water quality modeling; Winter modeling

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; ICE COVER; LAKE ERIE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WATER QUALITY MODELING;

BIOMASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ICE COVER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 84918593144     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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