Seasonality modulates wind-driven mixing pathways in a large lake

Bieito Fernández Castro; Damien Bouffard; Cary Troy; Hugo N. Ulloa; Sebastiano Piccolroaz; Oscar Sepúlveda Steiner; Hannah E. Chmiel; Lucas Serra Moncadas; Sébastien Lavanchy; Alfred Wüest

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00288-3

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2021)

Seasonality modulates wind-driven mixing pathways in a large lake

Bieito Fernández Castro,
Damien Bouffard,
Cary Troy,
Hugo N. Ulloa,
Sebastiano Piccolroaz,
Oscar Sepúlveda Steiner,
Hannah E. Chmiel,
Lucas Serra Moncadas,
Sébastien Lavanchy,
Alfred Wüest

Affiliations

Bieito Fernández Castro: Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair, Environmental Engineering Institute
Damien Bouffard: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Surface Waters - Research and Management
Cary Troy: Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University
Hugo N. Ulloa: Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair, Environmental Engineering Institute
Sebastiano Piccolroaz: Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair, Environmental Engineering Institute
Oscar Sepúlveda Steiner: Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Surface Waters - Research and Management
Hannah E. Chmiel: Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair, Environmental Engineering Institute
Lucas Serra Moncadas: Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair, Environmental Engineering Institute
Sébastien Lavanchy: Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair, Environmental Engineering Institute
Alfred Wüest: Physics of Aquatic Systems Laboratory, Margaretha Kamprad Chair, Environmental Engineering Institute

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00288-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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During the summer season, turbulent mixing in Lake Geneva is strongest in the interior water-column because stratification limits the reach of wind-driven mixing, suggest meteorological, hydrodynamic and turbulence measurements over a full year.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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