Comparison of fixed- and moving-vessel flow measurements with an aDp in a large river

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1299-1309

  Szupiany, Ricardo N ^a   Amsler, Mario L ^a   Best, James L ^b   Parsons, Daniel R ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic techniques; Argentina; Comparative studies; Flow measurement; Rivers; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; FLOW VELOCITY; RIVERS; SECONDARY FLOW;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER PROFILER; FLOW VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; SHEAR VELOCITY;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; RIVERS; SECONDARY FLOW;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BED ROUGHNESS; FLOW STRUCTURE; SECONDARY FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VERTICAL PROFILE; VESSEL;

PARANA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448997739     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:12(1299)     Document Type: Article

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