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Mathematical Prediction of Thermal Stratification of Lake Ostrovo (Vegoritis), Greece
Author(s) -
Babajimopoulos Christos,
Papadopoulos Frantzis
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr022i011p01590
Subject(s) - thermal stratification , stratification (seeds) , eddy diffusion , energy balance , richardson number , environmental science , atmosphere (unit) , thermal , temperature gradient , geology , atmospheric sciences , climatology , meteorology , thermodynamics , geography , physics , turbulence , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy , biology , thermocline
A one‐dimensional areally averaged model was used for the prediction of the annual vertical temperature profile in lake Ostrovo (Vegoritis), Greece. Eddy diffusivities were assumed to be given by the product of the eddy diffusivities in the absence of stratification and a function of a gradient Richardson number. The heat exchange between the lake and the atmosphere was formulated by the energy balance approach, and the bottom of the lake was considered to be insulated. Quantitative and qualitative agreement between computed and measured temperature profiles was very good.