Resolving two-dimensional flow structure in rivers using large-scale particle image velocimetry: An example from a stream confluence

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 7977-7994

  Lewis, Quinn W ^a   Rhoads, Bruce L ^a  

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

Author keywords

flow structure; large scale particle image velocimetry; stream confluence

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VISUALIZATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STREAM CONFLUENCE; VELOCITY INFORMATION;

RIVERS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CONFLUENCE; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 84956585427     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR017783     Document Type: Article

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