Langrangian model of nitrogen kinetics in the Chattahoochee River

Journal of Environmental Engineering
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Abstract

A Lagrangian reference frame is used to solve the convection‐dispersion equation and interpret water‐quality data obtained from the Chattahoochee River. The model was calibrated using unsteady concentrations of organic nitrogen, ammonia, and nitrite plus nitrate obtained during June 1977 and verified using data obtained during August 1976. Reaction kinetics of the cascade type are shown to provide a reasonable description of the nitrogenspecies processes in the Chattahoochee River. The conceptual model is easy to visualize in the physical sense and the output includes information that is not easily determined from an Eulerian approach, but which is very helpful in model calibration and data interpretation. For example, the model output allows one to determine which data are of most value in model calibration or verification.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Langrangian model of nitrogen kinetics in the Chattahoochee River
Series title Journal of Environmental Engineering
DOI 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(1987)113:2(223)
Volume 113
Issue 2
Year Published 1987
Language English
Publisher ASCE
Description 20 p.
First page 223
Last page 242
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