ABSTRACT
Reservoir physical processes include many transport mechanisms (see Figure 3.1) or currents (Fischer et al., 1979; Ford, 1990; Imboden and Wüest, 1995; Chapra, 1997). All of these transport mechanisms occur in reservoirs at one time or another. It is also probable that different transport mechanisms will dominate at different locations within a reservoir at a given time. The specific types of transport mechanisms that occur depend on the type, magnitude, duration, and variation of the forcing variables (i.e., energy sources).
