An improved method for shallow water flow velocity measurement with practical electrolyte inputs

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 390, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 45-56

  Lei, Tingwu ^a,b   Chuo, Ruiyuan ^b   Zhao, Jun ^a   Shi, Xiaonan ^c   Liu, Lin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Electrolyte; Normal Model; Salt injection; Sine Model; Velocity sensors

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY FUNCTION; BOUNDARY MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURES; CONVOLUTION INTEGRALS; DATA LOGGER; DATA MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOATING OBJECTS; GET DATA; IMPROVED METHODS; INPUT SIGNAL; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEAST SQUARE METHODS; MEASURED DATA; MODEL PARAMETERS; NORMAL MODEL; PORTABLE DEVICE; PRACTICAL SYSTEMS; PULSE METHODS; PULSE RESPONSE; SALT SOLUTION; SHALLOW WATER FLOW; SHORT DISTANCES; SINE FUNCTIONS; SLOPE GRADIENTS; SLOPE HYDROLOGY; SOIL EROSION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VELOCITY ESTIMATION; VELOCITY SENSOR; VELOCITY SENSORS; VOLUMETRIC METHODS; WATER FLOWS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTROLYTES; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; JET PUMPS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; SENSORS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER;

VELOCITY;

ELECTROLYTE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; HILLSLOPE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL EROSION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 77955277545     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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