Near-transducer errors in ADCP measurements: Experimental findings

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 275-289

  Muste, Marian ^a   Kim, Dongsu ^a   González Castro, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler current profilers; ADCP elemental errors; ADCP measurement uncertainty; Flow measurements; Hydrometry; Open channel flow; River discharge

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BEAMS; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; ACOUSTIC EFFECTS; ADCP MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; BULK FLOW; COMBINED EFFECT; CROSS SECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW DEPTH; FLOW DISCHARGES; FLOW DISTURBANCES; HORIZONTAL PLANES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; RIVER DISCHARGE; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL VELOCITY PROFILES;

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; ACOUSTICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BOUNDARY LAYER; DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROMETRY; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 77953314894     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000173     Document Type: Article

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