1986•JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources AssociationRequires access

VARIABILITY IN THERMAL STRATIFICATION IN A RESERVOIR1

Emmet M. Owens, Steven W. Effler, Francesco B. Trama

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ABSTRACT: The thermal stratification characteristics of a flow‐augmentation reservoir, Round Valley Reservoir, New Jersey, and attendant driving conditions were documented and analyzed for portions of three years. Substantial differences in the thermal stratification regime of the reservoir occurred in response to the documented changes in meteorological, operating, and light penetration conditions. The features of stratification that were affected included: the depth of the upper mixed layer, the average temperature of the epilimnion, the temperature gradient in the metalimnion, and the average temperature in the hypolimnion.

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Key concepts: Epilimnion, Hypolimnion, Stratification (seeds), Thermal stratification, Thermocline, Environmental science, Hydrology (agriculture), Geology