Mixed tracer injection method to measure reaeration coefficients in small streams

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5297-5306

  Jin, Hwa Seong ^a,b   White, David S ^a   Ramsey, James B ^a   Kipphut, George W ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metabolism; Oxygen; Propane; Reaeration coefficient; Stream

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT RATE; EXCHANGE RATES; FIELD EQUIPMENT; GAS-EXCHANGE COEFFICIENTS; INJECTION METHOD; OVERALL COSTS; OXYGEN EXCHANGE; RE-AERATION COEFFICIENT; REGRESSION METHOD; SAMPLING STATIONS; SMALL STREAMS; STREAM; STREAM METABOLISM; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER INJECTIONS; WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SURFACE;

METABOLISM; OXYGEN; WATER QUALITY;

PROPANE;

PROPANE; TRACER;

AERATION; GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; PROPANE; STREAMWATER; TRACER; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GAS EXCHANGE; MIXED TRACER INJECTION METHOD; REAERATION COEFFICIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84867332104     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1280-8     Document Type: Article

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