USGS
Lake Pontchartrain Basin:  Bottom Sediments and Related Environmental Resources

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 3 years of wind speed and direction from the New Orleans Airport.


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