Environmental Geochemistry and Sediment Quality in Lake Pontchartrain Wind Driven Circulation and Sediment Resuspension Processes in Lake Pontchartrain Figure 3. Figure 3. Number of hours per year that the near-bottom orbital velocity Ub exceeds 15 cm/s in Lake Pontchartrain. Derived from HISWA predictions weighted with three years of wind speed and direction from the New Orleans Airport. Back to Wind Driven Circulation

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