Direct measurements of reaeration rates using noble gas tracers in the River Lagan, Northern Ireland

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 182-191

  Reid, Sally E ^a   Mackinnon, Pauline A ^b   Elliot, Trevor ^b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

K2; Noble gas; Reaeration; Tracers; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INERT GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; WATER QUALITY;

NOBLE GAS TRACERS; REAERATION RATES; RIVER SYSTEMS;

RIVERS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; KRYPTON 85; RHODAMINE; TRACER; XENON;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INERT GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

AERATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NOBLE GAS; TRACER; WATER QUALITY;

ABSORPTION; AERATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIVER; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAGAN RIVER; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548227039     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2007.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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