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The effect of wind on the reaeration of a contained body of water was studied by simultaneous measurements of reaeration and turbulence in a laboratory size wind-water tank facility. Since the primary resistance to oxygen transfer occurs at the water side of the air-water interface, instantaneous velocity profile measurements were made in the water boundary layer. By comparing the mean and fluctuating components of the water velocity profiles, it may be concluded that there is a definite similarity between the wind induced water drift and flow past ‘solid’ boundaries. Using the observed similarity and the eddy cell theory of mass transfer, an expression is derived relating reaeration coefficient and wind induced shear velocity. The laboratory data seem to agree well with the derived expression.
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Sivakumar, M. (1984). Reaeration and Wind Induced Turbulence Shear in a Contained Water Body. In: Brutsaert, W., Jirka, G.H. (eds) Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1660-4_34
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