Mid-depth temperature maximum in an estuarine lake

• Published in: Environmental Research Letters
• Main Authors: V M Stepanenko, I A Repina, A Yu Artamonov, S L Gorin, V N Lykossov, D V Kulyamin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 2018
• Subjects: temperature maximum; numerical modelling; estuaries; meromictic lakes; Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering; TD1-1066; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Science; Q; Physics; QC1-999; Kamchatka Peninsula; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaad75; https://doaj.org/article/7369c3a70fdd410b9ef2f84757abd90a

The mid-depth temperature maximum (TeM) was measured in an estuarine Bol’shoi Vilyui Lake (Kamchatka peninsula, Russia) in summer 2015. We applied 1D k –ε model LAKE to the case, and found it successfully simulating the phenomenon. We argue that the main prerequisite for mid-depth TeM development is...