Estimating Estuarine Reaeration Rates
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 115, Issue 5
Abstract
Estuarine reaeration rates induced by wind and bottom stresses are compared through calculation of air-water-mass-transfer coefficients. For typical tidal velocities and depths, the transfer coefficient (and hence reaeration) induced by wind speed greater than 5 m/s exceeds the transfer coefficient generated by bottom stress. For wind speed less than 1.5 m/s, wind influence on the transfer coefficient is negligible relative to bottom stress. For intermediate wind speeds, the transfer coefficient may be dominated by wind or by bottom stress.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 115 • Issue 5 • October 1989
Pages: 1066 - 1070
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Copyright © 1989 ASCE.
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Published online: Oct 1, 1989
Published in print: Oct 1989
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