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Traveltime and reaeration characteristics for a reach of the Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1991

Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4071
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri944071

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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.
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Traveltime and reaeration characteristics for a reach of the Rio Grande, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 1991
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 94-4071
DOI 10.3133/wri944071
Edition -
Year Published 1994
Language ENGLISH
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,
Description iv, 19 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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