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Mixing in Stratified Lakes and Reservoirs

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Mixing and Dispersion in Flows Dominated by Rotation and Buoyancy

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Aquatic physics in inland water is a crucial subject for studying aquatic ecosystems. Transport and mixing are of tremendous importance for the pace at which chemical and biological processes develop. Recent observations allow to distinguish mixing and transport processes in stratified lakes and reservoirs. The surface and bottom boundary layer are turbulent while the lake interior remains comparatively quiescent.

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  1. Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, EAWAG, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

    Damien Bouffard & Alfred Wüest

  2. Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Alfred Wüest

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    Herman J.H. Clercx

  2. University of Technology Eindhoven , Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

    GertJan F. Van Heijst

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Bouffard, D., Wüest, A. (2018). Mixing in Stratified Lakes and Reservoirs. In: Clercx, H., Van Heijst, G. (eds) Mixing and Dispersion in Flows Dominated by Rotation and Buoyancy. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 580. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66887-1_3

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