scholarly journals Air-sea gas exchange at hurricane wind speeds

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin E. Krall ◽  
Bernd Jähne
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Wind Wave ◽  
Free Water ◽  
Gas Transfer ◽  
Steep Increase ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Free Water Surface ◽  
Simulated Seawater

Abstract. Gas transfer velocities were measured in two high-speed wind-wave tanks (Kyoto University and the SUSTAIN facility, RSMAS, University of Miami) using fresh water, simulated seawater and seawater for wind speeds between 7 and 80 m s−1. Using a mass balance technique, transfer velocities of a total of 12 trace gases were measured, with dimensionless solubilities ranging from 0.005 to 150 and Schmidt numbers between 149 and 1360. This choice of tracers allowed to separate gas transfer across the free interface from gas transfer at closed bubble surfaces. The major effect found was a very steep increase of the gas transfer across the free water surface at wind speeds beyond 33 m s−1, which is the same for fresh water, simulated seawater and seawater. This steep increase might start at a lower wind speed in the open ocean as compared to the short-fetch wind-wave tanks. Bubble-induced gas transfer plays no significant role for all tracers in fresh water and for tracers with moderate solubility such as carbon dioxide and DMS in seawater, while for low solubility tracers bubble-induced gas transfer in seawater was found to be about 1.7 times larger than the transfer at the free water surface at the highest wind speed of 80 m s−1.

scholarly journals Air–sea gas exchange at wind speeds up to 85 m s<sup>−1</sup>

Ocean Science ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1783-1799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin E. Krall ◽  
Andrew W. Smith ◽  
Naohisa Takagaki ◽  
Bernd Jähne
Keyword(s):  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Wind Wave ◽  
Free Water ◽  
Gas Transfer ◽  
Wave Age ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
Free Water Surface ◽  
Simulated Seawater

Abstract. Gas transfer velocities were measured in two high-speed wind-wave tanks (Kyoto University and the SUSTAIN facility, RSMAS, University of Miami) using fresh water, simulated seawater and seawater for wind speeds between 7 and 85 m s−1. Using a mass balance technique, transfer velocities of a total of 12 trace gases were measured, with dimensionless solubilities ranging from 0.005 to 150 and Schmidt numbers between 149 and 1360. This choice of tracers enabled the separation of gas transfer across the free interface from gas transfer at closed bubble surfaces. The major effect found was a very steep increase of the gas transfer across the free water surface at wind speeds beyond 33 m s−1. The increase is the same for fresh water, simulated seawater and seawater. Bubble-induced gas transfer played no significant role for all tracers in fresh water and for tracers with moderate solubility such as carbon dioxide and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in seawater, while for low-solubility tracers bubble-induced gas transfer in seawater was found to be about 1.7 times larger than the transfer at the free water surface at the highest wind speed of 85 m s−1. There are indications that the low contributions of bubbles are due to the low wave age/fetch of the wind-wave tank experiments, but further studies on the wave age dependency of gas exchange are required to resolve this issue.

Detection and Characterization of Microscale Breaking Waves

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Kamran Siddiqui ◽  
Mark R. Loewen
Keyword(s):  
Wind Speed ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Air Entrainment ◽  
Breaking Waves ◽  
Skin Layer ◽  
Wave Crest ◽  
Gas Transfer ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Wind Speeds ◽  
The Waves

Microscale breaking waves are short wind-generated waves that break without air entrainment. At low to moderate wind speeds microscale breaking waves play an important role in enhancing air-water heat and gas transfer. We report on a series of experiments conducted in a wind-wave flume at Harris Hydraulics Laboratory (University of Washington, Seattle) designed to investigate the importance of microscale breaking waves in generating near-surface turbulence and in enhancing air-sea gas and heat transfer rates. Non-invasive experiments were performed at wind speeds ranging from 4.5 m/s to 11 m/s and at a fetch of 5.5 m. The skin-layer or water surface temperature was measured using an infrared (IR) imager and digital particle image velocimetry (DPIV) was used to obtain simultaneous measurements of the two-dimensional velocities immediately below the water surface. Analysis of the simultaneous DPIV and infrared datasets revealed that microscale breaking waves generate strong vortices in their crests that disrupt the cool skin layer at the water surface and create thermal wakes that are visible in the infrared images. While non-breaking waves do not generate strong vortices and hence do not disrupt the skin layer. We developed a scheme based on the magnitude of vorticity in the wave crest to identify microscale breaking waves. The results show that at a wind speed of 4.5 m/s, 11% of the waves broke. The percentage of breaking waves increased with wind speed and at a wind speed of 11 m/s, 91% of the waves were microscale breaking waves. Comparison of different geometric and flow properties of microscale breaking and non-breaking waves revealed that microscale breaking waves are steeper, larger in amplitude and generate more turbulent kinetic energy compared to non-breaking waves.

EFEKTIVITAS TANAMAN GENJER DALAM MENURUNKAN BOD DAN COD LIMBAH CAIR TAHU HASIL PROSES ANAEROB

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Irvan Nurliansyah
Keyword(s):  
Water Surface ◽  
Free Water ◽  
Surface Flow ◽  
Free Water Surface

ABSTRAK Limbah cair tahu merupakan limbah cair yang berasal dari proses pembuatan tahu. Limbah cair tahu mengandung senyawa organik yang tinggi. Pembuangan limbah cair tahu secara langsung ke badan air tanpa dilakukan pengolahan dapat mempengaruhi dan mencemari lingkungan. Suatu cara untuk menanggulangi permasalahan tersebut adalah melakukan pengolahan limbah cair tahu. Salah satu alternatif pengolahan limbah cair tahu yang dapat digunakan adalah fitoremediasi menggunakan tanaman genjer. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efisiensi pengolahan dan efektivitas waktu tinggal pengolahan limbah cair tahu menggunakan tanaman genjer dalam menurunkan BOD dan COD effluen hasil proses pengolahan anaerob limbah cair tahu. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah fitoremediasi menggunakan tanaman genjer pada sistem lahan basah buatan Free Water Surface flow dengan waktu tinggal 3 hari, 5 hari dan 7 hari. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa efisiensi pengolahan secara fitoremediasi pada hari ke 3 untuk BOD dan COD berturut-turut sebesar 21,28% dan 16,13%. Pada hari ke 5 efisiensi pengolahan yang diperoleh untuk BOD dan COD berturut-turut sebesar 52,60% dan 45,93% sedangkan efisiensi pengolahan pada hari ke 7 untuk BOD dan COD berturut-turut sebesar 76,42% dan 70,74%. Waktu tinggal efektif yang diperoleh pada penelitian ini adalah  7 hari dengan nilai BOD dan COD telah berada dibawah baku mutu yaitu berturut-turut sebesar 72,72 mg/l dan 213,33 mg/l.   Kata kunci : limbah cair tahu, fitoremediasi, tanaman genjer, efisiensi pengolahan, waktu tinggal

A Free Water Surface Constructed Wetland in Treating Sugarcane Wastewater

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Doorce S. Batubara ◽  
Donald Dean Adrian
Keyword(s):  
Constructed Wetland ◽  
Water Surface ◽  
Free Water ◽  
Free Water Surface
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