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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Volume 54.
Physical limnology is the study of motion, transport and mixing in a lake and so forms an exact parallel to physical oceanography. However, in comparison with the field of physical oceanography, the hydrodynamics of lakes has received little attention; what is known about lakes is the result of the efforts of a few individuals who have relied heavily on the research results from the ocean!
This is a very peculiar situation if it is remembered that lakes are logistically much easier and cheaper to work in than the ocean. The answer must lie in the fear that since in a lake the boundaries are usually complicated and close to the field of observation, the motion is correspondingly complicated and thus difficult to unravel. The second peculiarity which should be pointed out is that lakes supply probably 80% of the world's drinking water, constitute major tourist attractions and support important fisheries, yet the funding of fundamental research into the hydrodynamics of lakes, both small and large, has always been and still remains pitifully small. At present no universities have a major program in physical limnology, few research institutes focus on physical limnology, there is no textbook on the subject, nor is there a joumal focused on physical limnology. No wonder we are only beginning to understand the fundamentals of the hydrodynamics of lakes.
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- PublisherAmerican Geophysical Union
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0875902685
- ISBN 13 9780875902685
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages668
- EditorImberger Jorg
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine(+). White octavo, ix, 668 pages, b&w illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Coastal and estuarine studies, #54. Out of print. Lakes, Oceans. Contents: Flux Paths in a Stratified Lake: A Review / J. Imberger -- Surface Layer Dynamics -- Air-Water Exchange Processes / M.A. Donelan -- Turbulent Flux of Water Vapor in Relation to the Wave Field and Atmospheric Stratification / K.B. Katsaros -- On the Structure of the Upper Oceanic Boundary Layer and the Impact of Surface Waves / A. Anis -- Large Eddies in the Surface Mixed Layer and Their Effects on Mixing, Dispersion and Biological Cycling / M. Li, C. Garrett -- Velocity, Temperature and Spatial Structure of Langmuir Circulation / D. Farmer, J. Gemmrich, V. Polonichko -- On Wavy Mean Flows, Langmuir Cells, Strain, and Turbulence / S.G. Monismith, J.J.M. Magnaudet -- Modeling of Atmospheric Forced Mixing on the Shallow Shelf / I.D. Lozovatsky, A.S. Ksenofontov -- Large Inflow-Driven Vortices in Lake Constance / E. Hollan -- Forced Basin Scale Motions -- Forced Motion Response in Enclosed Lakes / K. Hutter, G. Bauer, Y. Wang, P. Guting -- Excitation of Internal Seiches by Periodic Forcing / E. Bauerle -- Thermohaline Transitions / E.C. Carmack, K. Aagaard, J.H. Swift, R.G. Perkin, F.A. McLaughlin, R.W. Macdonald, E.P. Jones -- Exchange Flows in Lakes / P.F. Hamblin -- Gyres Measured by ADCP in Lake Biwa / M. Kumagai, Y. Asada, S. Nakano -- Circulation, Convection and Mixing in Rotating, Stratified Basins with Sloping Topography / P.B. Rhines -- Internal Wave Motions -- Internal Solitary Waves in Shallow Seas and Lakes / R. Grimshaw -- Two Interesting Internal Wave Rays: A Comparison Between Numerical and Laboratory Results / A. Javam, S.G. Teoh, J. Imberger, G.N. Ivey -- Breaking Internal Waves and Fronts in Rotating Fluids / A.V. Fedorov, W.K. Melville -- A Laboratory Demonstration of a Mechanism for the Production of Secondary, Internal Gravity-Waves in a Stratified Fluid / T. Maxworthy, J. Imberger, A. Saggio -- Direct Numerical Simulation of Wave-Mean Flow and Wave-Wave Interactions: A Brief Perspective / C-L. Lin, J.R. Koseff, J.H. Ferziger, S.G. Monismith -- Momentum Exchange Due to Internal Waves and Wakes Generated by Flow Past Topography in the Atmosphere and Lakes / P.G. Baines -- In Search of Holmboe's Instability / G.A. Lawrence, S.P. Haigh, Z. Zhu -- Turbulent Mixing -- Estimation and Geography of Diapycnal Mixing in the Stratified Ocean / M.C. Gregg -- Special Closure for Stratified Turbulence / J. Weinstock -- Turbulent Mixing in Stably Stratified Flows: Limitations and Adaptations of the Eddy Diffusivity Approach / H.J.S. Fernando, J.C.R. Hunt, E.J. Strang, A.L. Berestov, I.D. Lozovatsky -- Intermittency of Internal Wave Shear and Turbulence Dissipation / C.H. Gibson -- Buoyancy Fluxes in a Stratified Fluid / G.N. Ivey, J. Imberger, J.R. Koseff -- Mixing Processes in a Highly Stratified River / S. Yoshida, M. Ohtani, S. Nishida, P.F. Linden -- Stratified Turbulence: Field, Laboratory and DNS Data / H. Yamazaki, D. Ramsden -- Influence of Topography and the Benthic Boundary Layer -- Waves, Mixing, and Transports over Sloping Boundaries / C.C. Eriksen -- Some Dynamical Effects of Internal Waves and the Sloping Sides of Lakes / S.A. Thorpe -- Finescale Dynamics of Stratified Waters Near a Sloping Boundary of a Lake / U. Lemmin, R. Jiang, S.A. Thorpe -- Breaking of Super-Critically Incident Internal Waves at a Sloping Bed / I.P.D. De Silva, J. Imberger, G.N. Ivey -- Bottom Boundary Mixing: The Role of Near-Sediment Density Stratification / A. Wuest, M. Gloor -- Turbulent Benthic Boundary Layer Mixing Events in Fresh Water Lakes / C. Lemckert, J. Imberger -- Importance of Transport and Mixing on Ecological Processes -- Using Measurements of Variable Chlorophyll-a Fluorescence to Investigate the Influence of Water Movement on the Photochemistry of Phytoplankton / R.L. Oliver, J. Whittington -- Plants in Motion: Physical -- Biological Interaction in the Plankton / C.S. Reynolds -- Turbul. Seller Inventory # 88009
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