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Nonlinear Internal Waves in Lakes

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Kolumban Hutter

    1. c/ Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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  • Emphasizes the importance of the physical component of geophysical fluid mechanics of "quiescent" water bodies of the Globe
  • Up-to-date collection of nonlinear internal dynamics
  • Presents field studies of nonlinear internal waves in lakes
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (4 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Internal Waves in Lakes: Generation, Transformation, Meromixis – An Attempt at a Historical Perspective

    • K. Hutter
    Pages 1-22

  3. Field Studies of Non-Linear Internal Waves in Lakes on the Globe

    • N. Filatov, A. Terzevik, R. Zdorovennov, V. Vlasenko, N. Stashchuk, K. Hutter
    Pages 23-103

  4. Laboratory Modeling on Transformation of Large-Amplitude Internal Waves by Topographic Obstructions

    • N. Gorogedtska, V. Nikishov, K. Hutter
    Pages 105-191

  5. Numerical Simulations of the Nonhydrostatic Transformation of Basin-Scale Internal Gravity Waves and Wave-Enhanced Meromixis in Lakes

    • V. Maderich, I. Brovchenko, K. Terletska, K. Hutter
    Pages 193-276

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 277-277
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Internal wave dynamics in lakes (and oceans) is an important physical component of geophysical fluid mechanics of ‘quiescent’ water bodies of the Globe. The formation of internal waves requires seasonal stratification of the water bodies and generation by (primarily) wind forces. Because they propagate in basins of variable depth, a generated wave field often experiences transformation from large basin-wide scales to smaller scales. As long as this fission is hydrodynamically stable, nothing dramatic will happen. However, if vertical density gradients and shearing of the horizontal currents in the metalimnion combine to a Richardson number sufficiently small (< ¼), the light epilimnion water mixes with the water of the hypolimnion, giving rise to vertical diffusion of substances into lower depths. This meromixis is chiefly responsible for the ventilation of the deeper waters and the homogenization of the water through the lake depth. These processes are mainly formed as a result of the physical conditions, but they play biologically an important role in the trophicational state of the lake.

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  • c/ Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Kolumban Hutter

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