ADCP measurements of gravity currents in the Chicago River, Illinois

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1356-1366

  García, Carlos M ^a   Oberg, Kevin ^b   García, Marcelo H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic techniques; Density currents; Field tests; Rivers

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; DENSITY CURRENT; OVERFLOWS; STRATIFIED FLOW;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVERS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; DENSITY CURRENT; RIVER FLOW; STRATIFIED FLOW;

CHICAGO RIVER; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36448993300     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:12(1356)     Document Type: Article

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