Assessment of steady-state propane-gas tracer method for determining reaeration coefficients, Chenango River, New York

Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4368
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Abstract

A test was conducted in a meandering 9.6-km reach of the Chenango River, New York, to assess the feasibility of a two-dimensional steady-state propane-gas tracer method as a means of estimating in situ reaeration coefficients. It is concluded that the method, which combines an instantaneous release of dye tracer with a long duration release of propane gas tracer, is very feasible for determining gas-desorption coefficients and wind effects in a wide river. However, the method does not appear to be ready for immediate operational applications. (USGS)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Assessment of steady-state propane-gas tracer method for determining reaeration coefficients, Chenango River, New York
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 84-4368
DOI 10.3133/wri844368
Edition -
Year Published 1984
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iv, 69 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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