| ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/669corner-ul.gif) | Lake Pontchartrain Atlas: | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | Physical Environments | ![You are at the Physical Environments section of the Environmental Atlas of Lake Pontchartrain](../images/pointer.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/669corner-ll.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | ![](../images/dot_clear.gif) | | | ![](../images/spacer.gif) | Physical Environments - Circulation Contributors: Haralampides, McCorquodale ![Image showing wind patterns induced by a northwest wind.](images/pg42fig1.gif) | Figure 45: Velocity magnitudes and induced lake circulation patterns resulting from sustained winds from the Northwest. | ![Image showing wind patterns induced by a northeast wind.](images/pg42fig2.gif) | Figure 46: Velocity magnitudes and induced lake circulation patterns resulting from sustained winds from the Northeast. | ![Image showing wind patterns induced by a southwest wind.](images/pg42fig3.gif) | Figure 47: Velocity magnitudes and induced lake circulation patterns resulting from sustained winds from the Southwest. | ![Image showing wind patterns induced by a southeast wind.](images/pg42fig4.gif) | Figure 48: Velocity magnitudes and induced lake circulation patterns resulting from sustained winds from the Southeast. | « Previous | Next » |