Using an acoustic Doppler current profiler in a small river

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-158

  Gunawan, B ^a   Sterling, M ^a   Knight, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic Doppler; ADCP; Discharge; Flow measurement; River; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; BLACKWATER; DISCHARGE FLOW; DOPPLER; MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; RIVER VELOCITY; SMALL SAMPLES; SUBSEQUENT DATA ANALYSIS;

DATA REDUCTION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOWMETERS; RIVERS;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

RIVER WATER;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; DATA INTERPRETATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SAMPLING;

ACOUSTICS DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; VELOCITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BLACKWATER RIVER [ESSEX]; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77953939693     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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