Experimental methods for river discharge measurements: Comparison among tracers and current meter;Méthodes expérimentales pour mesurer le débit des cours d'eau: Comparaison entre les traceurs artificiels et le courantomètre

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1314-1324

  Tazioli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Current meter; River discharge; Stage discharge relationship; Stream; Suspended sediment; Tracer

Indexed keywords

CURRENT METERS; RIVER DISCHARGE; STAGE-DISCHARGE; STREAM; TRACER;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TRITIUM;

FLOWMETERS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; OUTFLOW; RIVER DISCHARGE; STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIP; STREAMFLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054791941     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.607822     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Airey, P.L., Calf, G.E., Davison, A., Easey, J.F. and Morley, A.W., 1984. An evaluation of tracer dilution techniques for gauging of rivers in flood. Journal of Hydrology, 74 (1-2), 105-118.
2. Becchi, I. and Tazioli, G.S., 1987. On the river processes-methodological approach: experience with the river Musone, Italy. In: Isotope hydrology in water resources development. Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA SM-299/86, 683-696.
3. Behrens, H., et al., 2001. Toxicological and ecotoxicological assessment of water tracers. Hydrogeology Journal, 9, 321-325.
4. Buzády,.A., Erostyák, J. and Paàl, G., 2006. Determination of uranine tracer dye from underground water of Mecsek Hill, Hungary. Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods, 69 (1-2), 207-214.
5. Caplow, T., Schlosser, P. and Ho, D.T., 2004. Tracer study of mixing and transport in the Upper Hudson River with multiple dams. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 130 (12), 1498-1506.
6. Christiansen, D.E., 2009. Dye tracer tests to determine time-of-Travel in Iowa streams, 1990-2006. US Geological Survey Data Series, Report no. 444.
7. Close, M.E., Stanton, G.J. and Pang, L., 2002. Use of Rhodamine WT with XAD-7 resin for determining groundwater flow paths. Hydrogeology Journal, 10, 368-376.
8. Dierberg, F.E. and DeBusk, T., 2005. An evaluation of two tracers in surface-flow wetlands: Rhodamine-WT and lithium. Wetlands 25 (1), 8-25.
9. Drost, J.W., 1989. Single-well and multi-well nuclear tracer techniques-a critical review. Paris: UNESCO, Technical Documents in Hydrology, International Hydrological Programme, 96.
10. Field, M.S., Wilhelm, R.G., Quinlan, J.F. and Aley, T.J., 1995. An assessment of the potential adverse properties of fluorescent tracer dyes used for groundwater tracing. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 38 (1), 75-96.
11. Florkowski, T., 1991. Tritium in river flow-rate gauging-theory and experience. In: Use of artificial tracers in hydrology. Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA TECDOC-601, 35-44.
12. Florkowski, T., Davis, T.G., Wallander, B. and Prabhakar, D.R.L., 1969. The measurement of high discharges in turbulent rivers using tritium tracer. Journal of Hydrology, 8 (3), 249-264.
13. Flury, M. and Wai, N.N., 2003. Dyes as tracers for vadose zone hydrology. Reviews of Geophysics, 41 (1), 2-27.
14. Gilman, K., 1977. Dilution gauging on the recession limb: 2. The integration method. Hydrological Sciences Bulletin, XXII (4), 12/1977:469-481.
15. Guizerix, J. and Florkowski, T., 1983. Streamflow measurements. In: Guidebook on nuclear techniques in hydrology. Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA ISBN 92-0-145083, 65-80.
16. Hart, S.R., et al., 2003. A fluorescein tracer release experiment in the hydrothermally active crater of Vailulu'u volcano, Samoa. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (B8), 2377.
17. Hulla, J., Bednarova, E. and Gramblickova, D., 1999. Flow modelling, tracer methods, and hydrometric tests in the River Vah basin, Slovak Republic. In: C. Leibundgut, J. McDonnell & G. Schultz, eds. Methods in catchment hydrology-tracer, remote sensing and new hydrometric techniques. Wallingford: IAHS Press, IAHS Publ. 258, 199-205.
18. ISO (International Standardization Organization), 1994. Hydrometry-measurement of liquid flow in open channels-tracer dilution methods for the measurements of steady flow. ISO 9555-1:1994(E).
19. ISO, 2007. Hydrometry-measurement of liquid flow in open channels using current meters or floats. ISO-748: 2007(E).
20. Kumar, B. and Nachiappan, R.P., 2000. Estimation of alluvial aquifer parameters by a single-well dilution technique using isotopic and chemical tracers: a comparison. In: A. Dassargues, ed. Tracers and modelling in hydrogeology. Wallingford: IAHS Press, IAHS Publ. 262, 53-56.
21. Panini, G, Tazioli, A., Tazioli, G.S. and Voltolini, C., 1999. Metodi di controllo delle opere di captazione di acque per uso civile mediante l'uso di traccianti artificiali. Quaderni di Geologia Applicata, 2 (1999), 3307-3314. ISBN 88-371-1150-9.
22. Rowinski, P.M. and Chrzanowski, M., 2011. Influence of selected fluorescent dyes on small aquatic organisms. Acta Geophysica, 59 (1), 91-109.
23. Sabatini, D.A. and Austin, T.A., 1991. Characteristics of Rhodamine WT and Fluorescein as adsorbing groundwater tracers. Ground Water, 29 (3), 341-349.
24. Spreafico, M. and Grabs, W.E., 1993. Determination of discharge with fluorescence tracers in the Nepal Himalayas. In: Snow and glacier hydrology (Proc. of the Kathmandu Symp., November 1992) Wallingford: IAHS Press, IAHS Publ. 209, 17-28.
25. Tazioli, G.S. and Tazioli, A., 2005. Ricostruzione del flusso idrico sotterraneo con traccianti. In: L. Bonomo ed., Bonifica di siti contaminati. Caratterizzazione e tecnologie di risanamento. Milano: McGraw-Hill. Vol. 10, 199-221. ISBN 88-386-6278-9.
26. Vasudevan, D., Fimmen, R.L. and Francisco, A.B., 2001. Tracer-grade Rhodamine WT:structure of constituent isomers and their sorption behavior. Environmental Science and Technology, 35 (20), 4089-4096. doi:10.1021/es010880x.
27. Whalley, N., Iredale, R.S. and Clare, A.F., 2001. Reliability and uncertainty in flow measurement techniques-some current thinking. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (C), 26 (10-12), 743-749.