Examination of Recent Field Data on Stream Reaeration
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 110, Issue 6
Abstract
The turbulence and mixing caused by wind can have a strong effect on the rate of gas transfer across water surfaces. However, most equations for stream reaeration currently used in environmental engineering do not take the effect of wind into account. In this paper, the coefficients resulting from field data are examined and compared in the context of previously proposed predictive equations. The data are first analyzed apart from the wind effect; in the second part the effect of wind velocity is considered.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 110 • Issue 6 • December 1984
Pages: 1179 - 1183
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Published online: Dec 1, 1984
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