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Warm bottom water in Lake Michigan 1
Author(s) -
Marmorino George
Publication year - 1978
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.1978.23.5.1017
Subject(s) - water column , bottom water , environmental science , falling (accident) , column (typography) , oceanography , metre , current meter , geology , atmospheric sciences , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , physics , medicine , environmental health , structural engineering , connection (principal bundle) , astronomy , engineering
A temperature increase of about 0.02°C was measured with a freely falling probe in the bottom 12 m at a 100‐m station in Lake Michigan in September 1977 and meter‐thick temperature inversions were observed higher in the water column. The origin of the warmer water is unknown.