Effect of Flow Depth and Velocity on Nitrate Loss Rates in Natural Channels

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 205-216

  Carleton, James ^a   Mohamoud, Yusuf M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN; Mass transfer; Nutrients; Sherwood number; Simulation; Stream geometry

Indexed keywords

BED SEDIMENTS; FIRST-ORDER; FLOW DEPTH; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATION PROGRAM - FORTRAN MODELS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; K-VALUES; LOSS RATES; MODULATING FACTOR; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LOSS; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; SIMULATION; STREAM DEPTH; STREAM GEOMETRY; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WATER COLUMNS; WATER VELOCITIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); GEOMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW VELOCITY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GEOMETRY; MASS TRANSFER; NITRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VELOCITY; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH; WATERSHED;

EID: 84873279632     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12007     Document Type: Article

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