| Abstract: | Three tests were conducted in a straight 5.2-km reach of the Cowaselon Creek, Canastota, New York, in order to assess feasibility of the steady-state propane-gas tracer method as a means of estimating in situ reaeration coefficients. It is concluded that the steady-state method, which combines as instantaneous injection of dye tracer with a long-duration injection of propane tracer, is an operationally feasible field technique and provides a very reliable means of determining the propane desorption coefficient in steady-channel flow. The effect of wind shear on propane desorption coefficients was not detected in any tests, apparently due to the sheltering effect of high banks. The reaeration coefficient is estimated by applying a conversion factor determined from laboratory experiments to the gas desorption coefficient. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 25405 |
| Citation Author: | Yotsukura, N.; Stedfast, D. A.; Draper, R. E.; Brutsaert, W. H. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 95 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 83-4183 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | An Assessment of steady-state propane-gas tracer method for reaeration coefficients, Cowaselon Creek, New York; 1983; WRI; 83-4183; Yotsukura, N.; Stedfast, D. A.; Draper, R. E.; Brutsaert, W. H. |
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| Text: | An Assessment of steady-state propane-gas tracer method for reaeration coefficients, Cowaselon Creek, New York; 1983; WRI; 83-4183; Yotsukura, N.; Stedfast, D. A.; Draper, R. E.; Brutsaert, W. H. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1983/4183/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
