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Dissipation of heat from a thermal effluent
Author(s) -
Mumford Warren,
Czapski Ulrich,
Felon Mark
Publication year - 1973
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/wr009i006p01565
Subject(s) - plume , advection , turbulence , environmental science , mechanics , dissipation , sensible heat , diffusion , thermal , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , thermodynamics , materials science , geology , physics
The relative, magnitudes of surface cooling and lateral diffusion and advection from a thermal effluent are investigated. Data have been gathered at Nine Mile Point, east of Oswego, New York.,An estimate of the energy balance of this plume is made. The effective lateral diffusion coefficient obtained from this budget is larger than most values published. Also, surface cooling is suggested to be larger than that estimated by a Dalton type formula. This suggestion is supported by an estimate of advection of sensible heat above the plume. A modification of the temperature of the air over the plume is indicated by the data, although no increase in vapor pressure is observed. However, the variance of the vapor pressure in both time and space suggests a high degree of turbulence.