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INVESTIGATIONS OF THE SURFACE VELOCITY STRUCTURE OF LAKE CURRENTS 1
Author(s) -
TERRELL ROBERT E.,
GREEN THEODORE
Publication year - 1972
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.1972.17.1.0158
Subject(s) - plume , radiative transfer , aerial photography , current (fluid) , surface (topology) , geology , environmental science , oceanography , remote sensing , thermal , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geography , geometry , physics , optics , mathematics
Aerial photography and radiative temperature measurements, coordinated with measurements from a surface vessel, were used to obtain quantitative information on surface velocities associated with a strong seasonal current in central Lake Michigan and with a nearshore thermal plume.