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Heat Transfer to Hypolimnion

Tue, 11/21/2006 - 3:23pm — rsimons
My hypolimnion is getting much too warm during the time of the year when the reservoir is stratified. Since there is little to no inflow during this time, it appears that there is too much vertical heat transfer from the epilimnion. I have tried varying many parameters, but the only thing that helps is to adjust the light extinction coefficient. Unfortunately when I do this it then makes the eplimnion too shallow. Is there anything else I can do? Thank you!
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Mon, 11/27/2006 - 8:33am — nick

This could be the result of too much wind. Try reducing the wind sheltering coefficients. Also check the meteorological file for large wind speed values (the preprocessor warning file produce warnings for wind speeds in excess of 20 m/s) and reduce them. Wind speeds in excess of 20 m/s have caused turnover in some of my models in the middle of the summer.