Nitrate
The amount of nitrate () in the stream may be increased by the oxidation of . The nitrate concentration in the stream may be decreased by the uptake of by algae. The change in nitrate for a given day is:
7:3.2.10
where is the change in nitrate concentration (mg N/L), is the rate constant for biological oxidation of nitrite to nitrate (day or hr), is the nitrite concentration at the beginning of the day (mg N/L), is the fraction of algal nitrogen uptake from ammonium pool, is the fraction of algal biomass that is nitrogen (mg N/mg alg biomass), is the local growth rate of algae (day or hr), is the algal biomass concentration at the beginning of the day (mg alg/L), and is the flow travel time in the reach segment (day or hr). The local rate constant for biological oxidation of nitrite to nitrate is calculated with equation 7:3.2.9 while the fraction of algal nitrogen uptake from ammonium pool is calculated with equation 7:3.2.7. Section 7:3.1.2.1 describes the calculation of the local growth rate of algae. The calculation of travel time is reviewed in Chapter 7:1.
Table 7:3-2: SWAT+ input variables used in in-stream nitrogen calculations.
Variable Name | Definition | File Name |
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AI1 | : Fraction of algal biomass that is nitrogen (mg N/mg alg biomass) | .wwq |
RHOQ | : Local algal respiration rate at 20C (day) | .wwq |
BC3 | : Local rate constant for hydrolysis of organic nitrogen to NH at 20C (day or hr) | .swq |
RS4 | : Local settling rate for organic nitrogen at 20C (day) | .swq |
BC1 | : Rate constant for biological oxidation of ammonia nitrogen at 20C (day) | .swq |
RS3 | : Benthos (sediment) source rate for ammonium nitrogen at 20C (mg N/m-day or mg N/m-hr) | .swq |
P_N | : Preference factor for ammonia nitrogen | .wwq |
BC2 | : Rate constant for biological oxidation of nitrite to nitrate at 20C (day or hr) | .swq |
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