Novel dynamic flux chamber for measuring air-surface exchange of Hg o from soils | |
Che-Jen Lin; Wei Zhu; Xianchang Li; Xinbin Feng; Jonas Sommar; Lihai Shang | |
2012 | |
Source Publication | Environmental Science and Technology |
Volume | 46Issue:16Pages:8910-8920 |
Abstract | Quantifying the air-surface exchange of Hgo from soils is critical to understanding the cycling of mercury in different environmental compartments. Dynamic flux chambers (DFCs) have been widely employed for Hgo flux measurement over soils. However, DFCs of different sizes, shapes, and sampling flow rates yield distinct measured fluxes for a soil substrate under identical environmental conditions. In this study, we performed an integrated modeling, laboratory and field study to design a DFC capable of producing a steady and uniform air flow over a flat surface. The new DFC was fabricated using polycarbonate sheets. The internal velocity field was experimentally verified against model predictions using both theoretical and computational fluid dynamics techniques, suggesting fully developed flow with velocity profiles in excellent agreement with model results. Laboratory flux measurements demonstrated that the new design improves data reproducibility as compared to a conventional DFC, and reproduces the model-predicted flux trend with increasing sampling flow. A mathematical relationship between the sampling flow rate and surface friction velocity, a variable commonly parametrized in atmospheric models, was developed for field application. For the first time, the internal shear property of a DFC can be precisely controlled using the sampling flow rate, and the flux under atmospheric condition can be inferred from the measured flux and surface shear property. The demonstrated methodology potentially bridges the gap in measured fluxes obtained by the DFC method and the micrometeorological methods. |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/42920512-1/10974 |
Collection | 环境地球化学国家重点实验室 |
Affiliation | 1.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China 2.Department of Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710, United States 3.College of Environmental Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China 4.Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 5.Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas 77710, United States |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Che-Jen Lin;Wei Zhu;Xianchang Li;Xinbin Feng;Jonas Sommar;Lihai Shang. Novel dynamic flux chamber for measuring air-surface exchange of Hg o from soils[J]. Environmental Science and Technology,2012,46(16):8910-8920. |
APA | Che-Jen Lin;Wei Zhu;Xianchang Li;Xinbin Feng;Jonas Sommar;Lihai Shang.(2012).Novel dynamic flux chamber for measuring air-surface exchange of Hg o from soils.Environmental Science and Technology,46(16),8910-8920. |
MLA | Che-Jen Lin;Wei Zhu;Xianchang Li;Xinbin Feng;Jonas Sommar;Lihai Shang."Novel dynamic flux chamber for measuring air-surface exchange of Hg o from soils".Environmental Science and Technology 46.16(2012):8910-8920. |
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