Application of a portable measuring system with acoustic Doppler current profiler to discharge observations in steep rivers

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 179-192

  Lu, Jau Yau ^a   Su, Chih Chiang ^a   Wang, Chuan Yi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acoustic velocimeter; Channel type; Steep river; Streamflow measurement

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTIMATION; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; WATER METERS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER PROFILER; ACOUSTIC VELOCIMETER; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENT; PORTABLE FLOW MEASURING SYSTEM;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTIMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; WATER METERS;

EID: 33645875873     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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