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On the concept of lake stability 1
Author(s) -
IDSO SHERWOOD B.
Publication year - 1973
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.1973.18.4.0681
Subject(s) - stability (learning theory) , work (physics) , yield (engineering) , function (biology) , expression (computer science) , environmental science , mathematics , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , computer science , thermodynamics , physics , biology , geotechnical engineering , evolutionary biology , machine learning , programming language
A new equation describing the stability of a lake, as conceptually defined by Schmidt, is developed to supply information on the contribution of each lake layer to stability. It is analogous in form to the expression derived by Birge for his concept of direct work of the wind and may be combined with that to yield a curve for direct total work as a function of lake depth.