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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 617-626

  Howes, Daniel J ^a   Burt, Charles M ^a   Sanders, Brett F ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic techniques; Doppler systems; Flow measurement; Hydraulics; Laboratory tests; Open channel flow; Subcritical flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001849150     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000224     Document Type: Article

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