Nutrients - QUAL2K

Commonly calibrated nutrient rates are below.

Nutrient Rates - QUAL2K

Legend

Denitrification rate (/day), Inorganic P sediment oxygen attenuation half sat constant (mgO2/L), Inorganic P settling velocity (m/day), Nitrification rate (/day), Organic N hydrolysis (/day), Organic N settling velocity (m/day), Organic P hydrolysis (/day), Organic P settling velocity (m/day),  

Note: All temperature corrections are dimensionless; Stoichometry predominantly 100gD:7.2gN:1gP:1gA; Inorganic phosphorus flux (0-100 mgP/m2/d); Prescribed ammonia flux (0-100 mgNH4/m2/day); Inorganic P sorption coefficient (0 L/mgD); Nitrate sediment denitrification transfer coefficient (0.1-1.07 m/day).