Evaluation of mean velocity and turbulence measurements with ADCPs

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1310-1318

  Nystrom, Elizabeth A ^a   Rehmann, Chris R ^b   Oberg, Kevin A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic techniques; Experimentation; Laboratory tests; Reynolds stress; Turbulence; Velocity; Wave measurement

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS;

ACOUSTIC BEAM; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; REYNOLD STRESS; SHEAR VELOCITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; TURBULENCE; VELOCIMETERS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; FLUME EXPERIMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 36448964854     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:12(1310)     Document Type: Article

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