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Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Coastal and Estuarine Studies Series.

Physical limnology is the study of motion, transport and mixing in a lake and so forms an exact parallel to physical oceanography. However, in comparison with the field of physical oceanography, the hydrodynamics of lakes has received little attention; what is known about lakes is the result of the efforts of a few individuals who have relied heavily on the research results from the ocean!
This is a very peculiar situation if it is remembered that lakes are logistically much easier and cheaper to work in than the ocean. The answer must lie in the fear that since in a lake the boundaries are usually complicated and close to the field of observation, the motion is correspondingly complicated and thus difficult to unravel. The second peculiarity which should be pointed out is that lakes supply probably 80% of the world's drinking water, constitute major tourist attractions and support important fisheries, yet the funding of fundamental research into the hydrodynamics of lakes, both small and large, has always been and still remains pitifully small. At present no universities have a major program in physical limnology, few research institutes focus on physical limnology, there is no textbook on the subject, nor is there a joumal focused on physical limnology. No wonder we are only beginning to understand the fundamentals of the hydrodynamics of lakes.

Content:
Chapter 1 Flux Paths in a Stratified Lake (pages 1–17): J. Imberger
Chapter 2 Air?Water Exchange Processes (pages 19–36): M.A. Donelan
Chapter 3 Turbulent Flux of Water Vapor in Relation to the Wave Field and Atmospheric Stratification (pages 37–46): K. B. Katsaros
Chapter 4 On the Structure of the Upper Oceanic Boundary Layer and the Impact of Surface Waves (pages 47–60): A. Anis
Chapter 5 Large Eddies in the Surface Mixed Layer and Their Effects on Mixing, Dispersion and Biological Cycling (pages 61–86): M. Li and C. Garrett
Chapter 6 Velocity, Temperature and Spatial Structure of Langmuir Circulation (pages 87–100): D. Farmer, J. Gemmrich and V. Polonichko
Chapter 7 On Wavy Mean Flows, Langmuir Cells, Strain, and Turbulence (pages 101–110): S. G. Monismith and J. J. M. Magnaudet
Chapter 8 Modeling of Atmospheric Forced Mixing on the Shallow Shelf (pages 111–122): I. D. Lozovatsky and A. S. Ksenofontov
Chapter 9 Large Inflow?Driven Vortices in Lake Constance (pages 123–136): E. Hollan
Chapter 10 Forced Motion Response in Enclosed Lakes (pages 137–166): K. Hutter, G. Bauer, Y. Wang and P. Guting
Chapter 11 Excitation of Internal Seiches by Periodic Forcing (pages 167–178): E. Bauerle
Chapter 12 Thermohaline Transitions (pages 179–186): E. C. Carmack, K. Aagaard, J. H. Swift, R. G. Perkin, F. A. McLaughlin, R. W. Macdonald and E. P. Jones
Chapter 13 Exchange Flows in Lakes (pages 187–198): P. F. Hamblin
Chapter 14 Gyres Measured by ADCP in Lake Biwa (pages 199–208): M. Kumagai, Y. Asada and S. Nakano
Chapter 15 Circulation, Covection and Mixing in Rotating, Stratified Basins with Sloping Topography (pages 209–226): P. B. Rhines
Chapter 16 Internal Solitary Waves in Shallow Seas and Lakes (pages 227–240): R. Grimshaw
Chapter 17 Two Intersecting Internal Wave Rays: a Comparison Between Numerical and Laboratory Results (pages 241–250): A. Javam, S. G. Teoh, J. Imberger and G. N. Ivey
Chapter 18 Breaking Internal Waves and Fronts in Rotating Fluids (pages 251–260): A. V. Fedorov and W. K. Melville
Chapter 19 A Laboratory Demonstration of a Mechanism for the Production of Secondary, Internal Gravity?Waves in a Stratified Fluid (pages 261–270): T. Maxworthy, J. Imberger and A. Saggio
Chapter 20 Direct Numerical Simulation of Wave?Mean Flow and Wave?Wave Interactions: a Brief Perspective (pages 271–284): C?L. Lin, J. R. Koseff, J. H. Ferziger and S. G. Monismith
Chapter 21 Momentum Exchange Due to Internal Waves and Wakes Generated by Flow Past Topography in the Atmosphere and Lakes (pages 285–294): P. G. Baines
Chapter 22 In Search of Holmboe's Instability (pages 295–304): G. A. Lawrence, S. P. Haigh and Z. Zhu
Chapter 23 Estimation and Geography of Diapycnal Mixing in the Stratified Ocean (pages 305–338): M. C. Gregg
Chapter 24 Special Closure for Stratified Turbulence (pages 339–349): J. Weinstock
Chapter 25 Turbulent Mixing in Stably Stratified Flows: Limitations and Adaptations of the Eddy Diffusivity Approach (pages 351–362): H. J. S. Fernando, J. C. R. Hunt, E. J. Strang, A. L. Berestov and I. D. Lozovatsky
Chapter 26 Intermittency of Internal Wave Shear and Turbulence Dissipation (pages 363–376): C. H. Gibson
Chapter 27 Buoyancy Fluxes in a Stratified Fluid (pages 377–388): G. N. Ivey, J. Imberger and J. R. Koseff
Chapter 28 Mixing Processes in a Highly Stratified River (pages 389–400): S. Yoshida, M. Ohtani, S. Nishida and P. F. Linden
Chapter 29 Stratified Turbulence: Field, Laboratory and DNS Data (pages 401–416): H. Yamazaki and D. Ramsden
Chapter 30 Waves, Mixing, and Transports Over Sloping Boundaries (pages 417–440): C. C. Eriksen
Chapter 31 Some Dynamical Effects of Internal Waves and the Sloping Sides of Lakes (pages 441–460): S. A. Thorpe
Chapter 32 Finescale Dynamics of Stratified Waters Near a Sloping Boundary of a Lake (pages 461–474): U. Lemmin, R. Jiang and S. A. Thorpe
Chapter 33 Breaking of Super?Critically Incident Internal Waves at a Sloping Bed (pages 475–484): I. P. D. De Silva, J. Imberger and G. N. Ivey
Chapter 34 Bottom Boundary Mixing: the Role of Near?Sediment Density Stratification (pages 485–502): A. Wuest and M. Gloor
Chapter 35 Turbulent Benthic Boundary Layer Mixing Events in Fresh Water Lakes (pages 503–516): C. Lemckert and J. Imberger
Chapter 36 Using Measurements of Variable Chlorophyll?a Fluorescence to Investigate the Influence of Water Movement on the Photochemistry of Phytoplankton (pages 517–534): R. L. Oliver and J. Whittington
Chapter 37 Plants in Motion: Physical ? Biological Interaction in the Plankton (pages 535–560): C. S. Reynolds
Chapter 38 Turbulent Mixing and Resource Supply to Phytoplankton (pages 561–590): S. MacIntyre
Chapter 39 The Influence of Biogeochemical Processes on the Physics of Lakes (pages 591–612): D. M. Imboden
Chapter 40 Hydrodynamic vs. Non?Hydrodynamic Influences on Phosphorus Dynamics During Episodic Events (pages 613–622): Y. P. Sheng, X. Chen and S. Schofield
Chapter 41 Coupling of Hydrobiology and Hydrodynamics: Lakes and Reservoirs (pages 623–644): M. Straskraba
Chapter 42 3D Modeling of Water Quality Transport Processes with Time and Space Varying Diffusivity Tensors (pages 645–662): C. Dejak, R. Pastres, I. Polenghi, C. Solidoro and G. Pecenik