StreamMetabolism (version 1.1.3)

Kt: Temperature Correction For Reaeration Value

Description

Temperature Correction For Reaeration Value. Corrects reaeration value to temperature of the stream.

Usage

Kt(K, temp)

Value

Single Values or zoo series

Arguments

K

Rearation Coefficient single value or in a zoo object

temp

temperature value at time t in Degrees Celcius

Author

Stephen A Sefick Jr

References

Thyssen, N., Erlandsen, M., Jeppesen, E., Holm T. F.,1983. Modelling the reaeration capacity of low-land streams dominated by submerged macrophytes. In: Lauenroth, W.K., Skogerboe, G.V., Flug, M. (Eds.), Analysis of Ecological Systems: State of the Art in Ecological Modelling. Elsevier, pp. 861-867 as reported in Izagirre O., M. Bermejo, J. Pozo, and A. Elosegi. 2007. RIVERMET: An Excel-based tool to calculate river metabolism from diel oxygen-concentration curves. Environmental Modelling & Software, 22:24-32.

Examples

#data USGS
data(DOTemp)
#velocity 0.6, depth 0.4572
d <- ODobbins(0.6, 0.4572)
Kcorr <- Kt(d , DOTemp[,1])