Use of radars to monitor stream discharge by noncontact methods

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Costa, J E ^a   Cheng, R T ^b   Haeni, F P ^a   Melcher, N ^a   Spicer, K R ^a   Hayes, E ^a,c   Plant, W ^c   Hayes, K ^a,c   Teague, C ^d   Barrick, D ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d CODAR Ocean Sensors ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DOPPLER RADAR; RIVERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; PULSED DOPPLER MICROWAVE RADAR; RIVER FLOWS; SURFACE VELOCITY;

STREAM FLOW;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DOPPLER RADAR; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CROSS SECTION; DOPPLER RADAR; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RATING CURVE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW;

CALIFORNIA; COWLITZ RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33748140639     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004430     Document Type: Article

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