Authors
Leon Boegman, Mark Richard Loewen, PF Hamblin, DA Culver
Publication date
2001/5/1
Journal
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Volume
58
Issue
5
Pages
858-869
Publisher
NRC Research Press
Description
The relative impacts of changes in nutrient loading and zebra mussel establishment on plankton in large lakes are strongly influenced by hydrodynamics, yet adequately modelling the temporal-spatial complexity of physical and biological processes has been difficult. We adapted a two-dimensional public domain model, CE-QUAL-W2, to test whether it could provide a hydrodynamically accurate simulation of the seasonal variation in the vertical-longitudinal thermal structure of Lake Erie. The physical forcing for the model is derived from surface meteorological buoys and measurements of precipitation, inflows, and outflows. To calibrate and validate the model, predictions were compared with an extensive set of field data collected during May through September 1994. The model accurately predicted water-level fluctuations without adjustment. However, significant modifications to the eddy coefficient turbulence …
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L Boegman, MR Loewen, PF Hamblin, DA Culver - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2001