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limnology and oceanography - issue 5
Author(s) -
LaZerte Bruce D.
Publication year - 1980
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.1980.25.5.0846
Subject(s) - seiche , amplitude , mode (computer interface) , waves and shallow water , geology , phase (matter) , physics , phase velocity , optics , oceanography , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
The internal seiche structure of a small, shallow lake (Frains Lake, Michigan) is shown to be dominated by the higher order vertical modes. The resonant frequencies and the vertical velocity profiles of each mode were predicted from observed temperature profiles. The observed resonant frequencies and observed phase shifts in the velocity profiles of each mode corresponded closely to those predicted. Although the relative amplitude of each mode varied with depth, the higher modes (up to 7–10th) dominated an the fundamental mode was transitory.