ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with nonequilibrium transport of organic chemicals into air from open bodies of water: open tanks, impoundments, lakes, streams, rivers, estuaries, bays, harbors, and oceans. It describes methods of estimating emission rates, residence times, and residual concentrations of solutes that have not achieved equilibrium partitioning between air and water. Both well-mixed and plug-flow models are described. Equilibrium partitioning of a chemical between air and water is discussed in Chapter 8.
