¹Water Science and Technology, National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, 867 Lakeshore Road, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7R 4A6
²Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3H 4J1

*Corresponding author: Yerubandi.Rao@ec.gc.ca

Abstract

   A nested-grid hydrodynamic modeling system is used to study circulation and temperature distributions in Lake Huron and adjacent areas. This nested system is based on a three-dimensional, primitive-equation z-level ocean model. The nested system consists of two sub-components: a coarse-resolution outer model covering Lake Huron and Georgian Bay with a horizontal resolution of roughly 2.5 km, and a fine-resolution inner model covering eastern Lake Huron and northwestern Georgian Bay with a horizontal resolution of roughly 900 m. The inner model produced reasonably well the three-dimensional flow and thermal structure over the coastal boundary layer close to the eastern shore of the lake.