Suspended-Sediment Measurements in Laboratory Flumes using Acoustic Techniques

Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 410-419

  Wren, Daniel ^a   Vadakapurapu, Srikanth ^b   Kuhnle, Roger ^c   Chambers, James ^a   Barkdoll, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b The University of Mississippi   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL EROSION LOSSES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHMS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISUALIZATION;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 1642487655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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