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On the mean drift in large lakes 1
Author(s) -
WUNSCH CARL
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.1973.18.5.0793
Subject(s) - clockwise , drift velocity , geology , northern hemisphere , southern hemisphere , surface (topology) , geodesy , physics , atmospheric sciences , climatology , geometry , mathematics , optics , plasma , quantum mechanics , amplitude
Large northern hemisphere lakes show an apparent mean surface drift in the counterclockwise direction. The effect can be explained by the Lagrange drift induced at second order by internal Kelvin waves. Reversals of the mean drift with depth are predicted.