Horizontal acoustic doppler current profiler (H-ADCP) for real-time open channel flow measurement: Flow calculation model and field validation

31st IAHR Congress 2005: Water Engineering for the Future, Choices and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 319-328

  Wang, Fajun ^a   Huang, Hening ^b  

^a DALIAN MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Teledyne RD Instruments   (United States)

Author keywords

ADCP; Flow calculation model; Flow measurement; Open channel flows

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION CANALS; USER INTERFACES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVELS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; CALIFORNIA , USA; FIELD VALIDATION; FLOW CALCULATIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT METHODS; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; NUMERICAL SCHEME; VELOCITY PROFILES;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

EID: 85080797116     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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