Parameterization of bottom mixed layer and logarithmic layer heights in central Lake Erie

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 707-718

  Valipour, Reza ^a,b   Bouffard, Damien ^a,c   Boegman, Leon ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bottom mixed layer; Lake Erie; Logarithmic layer; Shear velocity; Stratification

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; LAKES; SHEAR STRESS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VELOCITY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL FLUXES; BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; BOTTOM MIXED LAYERS; HIGH RESOLUTION VELOCITY; LAKE ERIE; LOGARITHMIC LAYERS; SHEAR VELOCITIES; STRUCTURE FUNCTION METHOD;

SHEAR FLOW;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; HYDRODYNAMICS; PARAMETERIZATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIFICATION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE;

EID: 84940452498     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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