Determination of Evaporative Fluxes Using a Bench-Scale Atmosphere Simulator
| dc.contributor.author | Suchan, Jared | |
| dc.contributor.author | Azam, Shahid | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-08-19T16:22:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-08-19T16:22:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-01-01 | |
| dc.description | Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. This article is distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | An accurate determination of evaporative fluxes is critical for efficient water management in semi-arid climates such as in the Canadian Prairies. The main achievements of this research are the design and operation of a bench-scale atmosphere simulator, performance evaluation using selected weather scenarios pertaining to regional atmospheric conditions, validation using established empirical correlations, and estimation of evaporation rates and the amount for a typical local water body. Results indicate that the measured data achieved the target values for the various parameters and the data were found to be stable during the 3-h test duration. The vapour flux was found to have large variation during summer (0.120 g∙s−1∙m−2 during the day and 0.047 g∙s−1∙m−2 at night), low variation during spring (0.116 g∙s−1∙m−2 during the day and 0.062 g∙s−1∙m−2 at night), and negligible change during fall (0.100 g∙s−1∙m−2 during the day and 0.076 g∙s−1∙m−2 at night). The measured vapour flux was generally within one standard deviation of the equality line when compared with that predicted by both the mass-transfer equations and the combination equations. The average evaporation ranged from 4 mm∙d−1 to 8 mm∙d−1 during the day and decreased to 1 mm∙d−1 to 3 mm∙d−1 at night. The 24-h evaporation was found to be 8 ± 1 mm∙d−1 from late April through late October. Likewise, the cumulative annual evaporation was found to be 1781 mm, of which 82% occurs during the day and 18% at night. | en_US |
| dc.description.authorstatus | Student | en_US |
| dc.description.peerreview | yes | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Suchan J, Azam S. Determination of Evaporative Fluxes Using a Bench-Scale Atmosphere Simulator. Water. 2021; 13(1):84. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13010084 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/w13010084 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10294/15043 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | bench scale | en_US |
| dc.subject | atmosphere simulator | en_US |
| dc.subject | evaporative fluxes | en_US |
| dc.subject | mass | en_US |
| dc.subject | energy | en_US |
| dc.subject | momentum | en_US |
| dc.title | Determination of Evaporative Fluxes Using a Bench-Scale Atmosphere Simulator | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |