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Solutions for the diurnally forced advection‐diffusion equation to estimate bulk fluid velocity and diffusivity in streambeds from temperature time series
Author(s) -
Luce Charles H.,
Tonina Daniele,
Gariglio Frank,
Applebee Ralph
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/2012wr012380
Subject(s) - thermal diffusivity , mass diffusivity , advection , series (stratigraphy) , diffusion , time stepping , flux (metallurgy) , diffusion equation , heat equation , mechanics , environmental science , mathematics , thermodynamics , materials science , mathematical analysis , geology , physics , engineering , paleontology , metric (unit) , operations management , discretization , metallurgy
Key Points A new equation is presented to analyze temperature time series from streambeds Explicit solutions calculate both water flux and thermal diffusivity directly Additional applications, error estimation, and validation are provided