Predicció dels períodes de les seques

En aquest article es fa una predicció teòrica dels períodes de les seques externes i internes de l'estany de Banyoles utilitzant el mètode proposat per Mortimer (1979) i que es basa en un model unidimensional i iteratiu d'integració de les equacions de continuïtat i de moviment. La poca profunditat del llac fa que per a les seques internes s'hagin de considerar4 zones diferents d'oscil·lació. El període de l'harmònic fonamental per a les seques externes és de 6,9 min. Els harmònics fonamentals per a les seques internes a les quatre diferents zones valen: 2,7 hores, 1,89 hores, 1 hora i 35 min

The seasonal evolution of high vertical–mode internal waves in a deep reservoir

The causal mechanism and seasonal evolution of the internal wave field in a deep, warm, monomictic reservoirare examined through the analysis of field observations and numerical techniques. The study period extends fromthe onset of thermal stratification in the spring until midsummer in 2005. During this time, wind forcing wasperiodic, with a period of 24 h (typical of land–sea breezes), and the thermal structure in the lake wascharacterized by the presence of a shallow surface layer overlying a thick metalimnion, typical of small to mediumsized reservoirs with deep outtakes. Basin-scale internal seiches of high vertical mode (ranging from mode V3 toV5) were observed in the metalimnion. The structure of the dominant modes of oscillation changed asstratification evolved on seasonal timescales, but in all cases, their periods were close to that of the local windforcing (i.e., 24 h), suggesting a resonant response. Nonresonant oscillatory modes of type V1 and V2 becamedominant after large frontal events, which disrupted the diurnal periodicity of the wind forcing