Site characteristics controlling airflow in the shallow unsaturated zone in response to atmospheric pressure changes

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-37

  Tillman Jr , Fred D ^a   Smith, James A ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow modeling; Barometric pumping; Subsurface airflow; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

MOISTURE CONTENT VALUES; SURFACE AIR PENETRATION; UNSATURATED ZONE; VADOSE ZONE;

AIR;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MODEL; MOISTURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11444257018     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2005.22.25     Document Type: Review

References (17)

1. AUER, L.H., ROSENBERG, N.D., BIRDSELL, K.H., and WHITENY, E.M. (1996). The effects of barometric pumping on contaminant transport. J. Contamin. Hydrol. 24, 145.
2. CHOI, J.W., TILLMAN, F.D., and SMITH, J.A. (2002). Relative importance of gas-phase diffusive and advective trichloroethylene (TCE) fluxes in the unsaturated zone under natural conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36, 3157.
3. HOLFORD, D.J., SCHERY, S.D., WILSON, J.L., and PHILLIPS, F.M. (1993). Modeling radon transport in dry, cracked soil. J. Geophys. Res. 98, 567.
4. MASSMANN, J., and FARRIER, D.F. (1992). Effects of atmospheric pressures on gas transport in the vadose zone. Water Resour. Res. 28, 777.
5. MASSMANN, J.W. (1989). Applying groundwater flow models in vapor extraction system design. J. Environ. Eng. 115, 129.
6. MILLER, A., and THOMPSON, J.C. (1975). Elements of Meterology. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co.
7. OLSON, M.S., TILLMAN, F.D., CHOI, J.W., and SMITH, J.A. (2001). Comparison of three techniques to measure unsaturated-zone air permeability at picatinny arsenal, New Jersey. J. Contamin. Hydrol. 53, 1.
8. ROSSABI, J., and FALTA, R.W. (2002). Analytical solution for subsurface gas flow to a well induced by surface pressure fluctuations. Ground Water. 40, 67.
9. SCHERY, S.D., HOLFORD, D.J., WILSON, J.L., and PHILLIPS, F.M. (1988). The flow and diffusion of radon isotopes in fractured porous media: Part 2, Semi-infinite media. Radiat. Protein Dosimet. 24, 191.
10. SHEETS, W. (1997). Effect of atmospheric pressure variations on trichloroethylene vapor transport in the unsaturated zone. Master of Science, Unviersity of Virginia, Civil Engineering, Charlottesville.
11. SMITH, J.A., CHIOU, C.T., KAMMER, J.A., and KILE, D.E. (1990). Effect of soil moisture on the sorption of trichloroethene vapor to vadose-zone soil at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. Environ. Sci. Technol. 24, 676.
12. SMITH, J.A., CHO, H.J., MACLEOD, C.L., and KOEHNLEIN, S.A. (1902). Sampling unsaturated-zone water for trichloroethene at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. J. Environ. Qual. 21, 264.
13. SMITH, J.A., TISDALE, A.K., and CHO, H.J. (1996). Quantification of natural vapor fluxes of trichloroethene in the unsaturated zone at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. Environ. Sci. Technol. 30, 2243.
14. STONE, H.L., and BRIAN, P.L.T. (1963). Numerical solution of convective transport problems. AIChE J. 9, 681.
15. TILLMAN, F. (2003). Design and testing of a chamber device to measure total flux of volatile organic compounds from the unsaturated zone under natural conditions. Doctoral dissertation, University of Virginia, Civil Engineering, Charlottesville.
16. TILLMAN, F., CHOI, J.C., KATCHMARK, W., SMITH, J.A., and WOOD, H.G.I. (2001). Unsaturated-zone airflow: Implications for natural remediation of ground water by contaminant transport through the subsurface. In J.A. Smith and S.E. Burns, Eds., Physicochemical Groundwater Remediation, New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishing, p. 307.
17. WEEKS, E.P. (1978). Field determination of vertical permeability to air in the unsaturated zone. U.S. Geol. Surv. Profes. Pap. 1051, 1.