Water level loggers as a low-cost tool for monitoring of stormwater control measures

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Toran, Laura ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue roof; Infiltration chamber; Infiltration trench; Monitoring; Retention basin; Stormwater control measures; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HYDROLOGY; MONITORING; ROOFS; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER LEVELS;

EVALUATION OF DESIGNS; INFILTRATION CHAMBERS; LONG TERM PERFORMANCE; RETENTION BASINS; STORM SEWER SYSTEMS; STORMWATER CONTROL; URBAN HYDROLOGY; URBANIZED AREA;

INFILTRATION;

CONTROL SYSTEM; COST ANALYSIS; DESIGN METHOD; DISCHARGE; FLOW CONTROL; INFILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING; ROOF; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; WATER LEVEL; WATER RETENTION; WATERSHED;

EID: 84984649645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w8080346     Document Type: Article

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