| Abstract: | Traveltime characteristics were determined using stream-velocity data and tracer-dye data for a reach of the Rio Grande. Traveltimes determined by the stream-velocity method were virtually the same as those determined by the tracer-dye and tracer-gas technique. The mean velocity of the stream was 1.12 miles per hour at a flow of about 300 cubic feet per second. Reaeration characteristics were determined using a propane tracer gas and a tracer-dye (rhodamine WT). Reaeration coefficients were adjusted for water temperature and the effects of wind movement on the water surface. The peak method-adjusted reaeration-coefficient mean value for the reach was 7.0 per day and ranged from 4.6 to 8.3 per day. The area method-adjusted reaeration- coefficient mean value for the reach was 7.7 per day and ranged from 5.5 to 10.4 per day. |
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| Citation Author: | Waltemeyer, S. D. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 19 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, [Water Resources Division, New Mexico District] ;
Can be purchased from U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 94-4071 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Traveltime and reaeration characteristics for a reach of the Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1991; 1994; WRI; 94-4071; Waltemeyer, S. D. |
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| Text: | Traveltime and reaeration characteristics for a reach of the Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1991; 1994; WRI; 94-4071; Waltemeyer, S. D. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1994/4071/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1994/4071/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Tue, 10 Jan 1995 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, [Water Resources Division, New Mexico District] ;
Can be purchased from U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section, |
