On the necessity of applying a rotation to instantaneous velocity measurements in river flows

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 817-827

  Roy, André G ^a   Biron, Pascale ^a   De Serres, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex flows; Data correction; Fractional error in Reynolds shear stress; Instantaneous velocity measurements; Quadrant analysis; Turbulent structure

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW TURBULENCE; DATA CORRECTION; INSTANTANEOUS VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; REYNOLDS SHEAR STRESS; TURBULENT STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030431546     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199609)21:9<817::AID-ESP618>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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