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The “Stress‐drop Jet” in Lake Mendota
Author(s) -
BRYSON REID A.,
BUNQE W. W.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1956.1.1.0042
Subject(s) - epilimnion , seiche , jet (fluid) , environmental science , meteorology , wind stress , drop (telecommunication) , atmospheric sciences , geology , mechanics , physics , oceanography , ecology , hypolimnion , biology , engineering , telecommunications , nutrient , eutrophication
Under certain conditions a rapid increase of current velocity is observed at the bottom of the epilimnion. This phenomenon seems to be associated with a rapid decrease of wind stress on the lake surface. It is postulated that the energy for this “jet” is stored in the solenoid field set up by the preceding wind. It must then represent the first swing of an internal seiche.