Abstract
Two important themes of research on the physical limnology of the Great Lakes during the past 20 years have been: (1) the controlling influence of bottom topography on circulation and (2) the boundary layer character of circulation. The first is highlighted by the generation of topographic gyres by wind and by the propagation of vortex wave modes; the second by the distinct current-climatology of the coastal boundary layer and the spectacular upwelling and downwelling events occurring there. Both themes developed as advances in theoretical insight could be quantitatively coupled to observational evidence, the latter arising predominantly from the International Field Year on the Great Lakes.
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