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- Title
Effects of Bubble Plumes on Lake Dynamics, Near‐Bottom Turbulence, and Transfer of Dissolved Oxygen at the Sediment‐Water Interface.
- Authors
Wang, Binbin; Rezvani, Maryam; Bierlein, Kevin A.; Bryant, Lee D.; Little, John C.; Wüest, Alfred; Socolofsky, Scott A.
- Abstract
We quantify the lake dynamics, near‐bottom turbulence, flux of dissolved oxygen (DO) across the sediment‐water interface (SWI) and their interactions during oxygenation in two lakes. Field observations show that the lake dynamics were modified by the bubble plumes, showing enhanced mixing in the near‐field of the plumes. The interaction of the bubble‐induced flow with the internal density structure resulted in downwelling of warm water into the hypolimnion in the far‐field of the plumes. Within the bottom boundary layer (BBL), both lakes show weak oscillating flows primarily induced by seiching. The vertical profile of mean velocity within 0.4 m above the bed follows a logarithmic scaling. One lake shows a larger drag coefficient than those in stationary BBLs, where the classic law‐of‐the‐wall is valid. The injection of oxygen elevated the water column DO and hence, altered the DO flux across the SWI. The gas transfer velocity is driven by turbulence and is correlated with the bottom shear velocity. The thickness of the diffusive boundary layer was found to be consistent with the Batchelor length scale. The dynamics of the surface renewal time follow a log‐normal distribution, and the turbulent integral time scale is comparable to the surface renewal time. The analyses suggest that the effect of bubble plumes on the BBL turbulence is limited and that the canonical scales of turbulence emerge for the time‐average statistics, validating the turbulence scaling of gas transfer velocity in low‐energy lakes. Key Points: Lake seiching induced oscillatory flow is responsible for the turbulent structures in two stratified and low energetic lakesEffect of bubble plume is limited on turbulent structures in the bottom boundary layerShear velocity, turbulent Batchelor length, and turbulent integral time are correlated with oxygen flux at the sediment‐water interface
- Subjects
SEDIMENT-water interfaces; TURBULENCE; FRICTION velocity; STRATIFIED flow; DRAG coefficient; BOUNDARY layer (Aerodynamics); SURFACE waves (Seismic waves)
- Publication
Water Resources Research, 2023, Vol 59, Issue 8, p1
- ISSN
0043-1397
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1029/2022WR032861