A numerical study of the thermal bar in shallow water during the autumn cooling

Numerical Study of the Thermal Structure and Circulation in a Large and Deep Dimictic Lake Over Tibetan Plateau

“…In many large temperate lakes, the thermal and flow states in spring and autumn are strongly affected by the presence of “thermal bar” (hereafter TB) (Boyce et al., 1989; Rao et al., 2004; Thikhomirov, 1963). TB is a narrow water zone that has a temperature of maximal water density (Tdmax), features convergent descending motions, and serves as a barrier in separating the warm stratified and cold well‐mixed waters (Blokhina & Selin, 2019; Tsydenov, 2019). The thermal contrast across the TB creates a horizontal pressure (density) gradient and associated circulation.…”

Effect of cloudiness on the vertical distribution of chlorophyll a and zooplankton in Barguzin Bay of Lake Baikal: a numerical experiment

“…The coupled model used in this study was developed on the basis of a thermodynamic model (Tsydenov, 2019) and biological models of Fasham et al (1990), Fennel et al (2006), Hofmann et al (2008, and Gan et al (2014). The biological model developed includes 10 prognostic variables: nitrate, phosphate, ammonium, chlorophyll a, phytoplankton, zooplankton, small nitrate detritus, large nitrate detritus, small phosphate detritus, and large phosphate detritus.…”