Open Channel Flow Applications

Instruments

Examples

• ADV - Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter

• Rio Grande - Describes a U.S. Bureau of Reclamation project using an ADV to obtain detailed velocity profiles in the Rio Grande low-flow channel near Socorro, New Mexico.

• ADVOcean

• Water Treatment Facility - Describes how a Chinese organization used an ADVOcean to evaluate total open-channel flow.

• Argonaut-XR (Extended Range)
• Argonaut-SL (Side-Looking)

• Index Velocities - Describes use of four SLs in California Delta to obtain index velocities.
• Irrigation Canal - Describes how an Argonaut-SL is being used to compute the open channel flow through an irrigation canal.
• Kankakee River - Describes how an Argonaut-SL was used to develop a standard cross-section to monitor discharge in the Kankakee River.
• Monitoring Water Quality - Combining the Argonaut-SL with a YSI 6820 Multiprobe offers a solution to monitoring water quality.
• Toshka Project Flow Regulation - Side-looking Argonauts are used to collect and log real-time data for day-to-day canal operation.
• TechNote (PDF): Establishing a Discharge Monitoring Site

• Argonaut-SW (Shallow Water)

• Havasu National Wildlife Refuge - An Argonaut-SW is being used in a culvert to monitor discharge into a marsh.
• SW Goes All the Way - Evaluation of Argonaut-SW ability to collect data to the water's surface; comparison made with FlowTracker.
• Canal Renovation - Spain modernization in irrigation areas and to improve water use will use SWs during canal renovation.

• FlowTracker Handheld ADV

• Indiana Stream Discharge - Describes how USGS personnel used a FlowTracker to measure discharge in eight Indiana streams.
• South Platte River - Describes a model verification project using a FlowTracker at Colorado State University.
• Tow Tank Test - Describes how the FlowTracker Handheld ADV was tested at a USGS tow tank.
• USGS Discharge Measurement Policy - The following link is to a Technical Memorandum issued by the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Surface Water. This memorandum [pdf format] describes the USGS policy on the use of the FlowTracker for discharge measurements. The information presented in this memorandum is a courtesy from the USGS, and should not be construed as an endorsement. Additionally, this memorandum is provided "as-is"; that is, the USGS does not provide support for this memorandum outside its own agency.
  http://hydroacoustics.usgs.gov/memos/OSW2004-04.pdf

• RiverSurveyor - Integrated ADP system

• Discharge Demonstration - Describes a discharge demonstration conducted for USGS and CDWR using adjacently-mounted profilers.
• TechNote (PDF): Establishing a Discharge Monitoring Site