Temperature and Ice Distribution in the North Saskatchewan River below the Edmonton Generating Plant.

Abstract

A field study in a thermally polluted reach of the North Saskatchewan River at Edmonton, Alberta, was organized in December 1968, to test a previously developed method of predicting river temperatures due to thermal pollution sources. It was hoped to investigate lateral mixing of heated water; determine the relation between an ice front and the zero-degree isotherm; measure water-surface heat-loss rates and relate them to meteorological conditions; and determine the relation between meteorological conditions immediately over the river and those recorded at official stations nearby. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0738797

Entities

People

  • S. L. Dingman
  • Wilford Frank Weeks

Organizations

  • Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Canada
  • Continents
  • Heat Loss
  • Isotherms
  • Losses
  • Saskatchewan

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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  • Oceanography.
  • Riverine Ecology