Yigal Alon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory Alon Rimmer alon@ocean.org.il Tel: 04 – 6721444 ext. 212 Associate Scientist Ds.C. 1993, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology At IOLR since 2001

Research interests:
Physical Limnology: Modeling thermal and chemical stratification in lakes
Groundwater hydrology: Physical and mathematical models of the salinization mechanisms of lakes
Surface water hydrology: Rainfall-runoff models; River basin models for contaminants transport

Selected publications:
Rimmer, A. and Salingar, Y. (2006). Modelling precipitation-streamflow processes in karst basin: The case of the Jordan River sources, Israel. J. Hydrol. 331:524-542.

Rimmer, A., Eckert, W., Nishri, A. and Agnon, Y. (2006). Evaluating hypolimnetic diffusion parameters in thermally stratified lakes. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:1906-1914.

Rimmer, A., Boger, M., Aota, Y. and Kumagai, M. (2006). A Lake as a natural integrator of linear processes: application to Lake Kinneret (Israel) and Lake Biwa (Japan). J. Hydrol. 319:163-175.

Rimmer, A., Aota, Y., Kumagai, M. and Eckert, W. (2005). Chemical stratification in thermally stratified lakes: A chloride mass balance model. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50:147-157.

Rimmer, A. and Gal, G. (2003). Estimating the saline springs component in the solute and water balance of Lake Kinneret, Israel. J. Hydrol. 284:228-243.

Rimmer, A. (2003). The mechanism of Lake Kinneret salinization as a linear reservoir. J. Hydrol. 281:173-186.

Abbo, H., Shavit, U., Markel, D. and Rimmer, A. (2003). A numerical study on the influence of fractured regions on lake/groundwater interaction; the Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) case. J. Hydrol. 283:225-243.

Rimmer, A., Hurwitz, S. and Gvirtzman, H. (1999). Spatial and temporal characteristics of saline springs: Sea of Galilee, Israel. Ground Water 37:663-673.

Rimmer, A., DiCarlo, D.A., Steenhuis, T.S., Bierck, B., Durnford, D. and Parlange, J.-Y. (1998). Rapid fluid content measurement method in an Oil-Water-Sand system using Synchrotron X-Ray. J. Contam. Hydrol. 31:315-335.

Rimmer, A., Steenhuis, T.S. and Selker, J.S. (1995). One-dimensional model to evaluate the performance of Wick Samplers in soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 59:88-92.