Table 6-5: Measured CO2 transfer velocities

Quantity

units

name

formula

errors in pCO2 measurements

ppm

 

hcoe, lcoe, hcie,lcie, pCO2e,

see text

errors in flow measurements

ml min-1

hcfe,lcfe

see text

factor f

min hr-1 cm-2

f

60 / (a * water surface area ) [see note below]

transfer velocity influx mid cm hr-1 kin f * hcf * (hci - hco) / (hco - pCO2)
max cm hr-1 kinmax f * (hcf + hcfe) * (hci + hcie - hco + hcoe) / (hco - hcoe - pCO2 - pCO2e)
min cm hr-1 kinmin f * (hcf - hcfe) * (hci - hcie - hco - hcoe ) / (hco + hcoe -pCO2 +pCO2e)
efflux mid cm hr-1

kef

f * lcf * (lco- lci) / (pCO2 - lco)
max cm hr-1 kefmax f * (lcf + lcfe) * (lci + lcie - lco + lcoe) / (lco - lcoe - pCO2 - pCO2e)
min cm hr-1

kefmin

f * (lcf - lcfe) * (lci - lcie - lco - lcoe ) /

(lco + lcoe -pCO2 +pCO2e)

Note: The water surface area varied (1%) according to the headspaces used, and was changed in the calculation accordingly (see Figure 4-5). "a" is dimensionless solubility (see table 6-2)