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FlowTracker Handheld ADV Applications

Here are some application examples of how SonTek/YSI acoustic Doppler FlowTracker Handheld ADV systems can be used to collect water velocity measurement data. FlowTracker mounted on top-setting wading rod.
FlowTracker Handheld ADV Applications

Applications

Examples

Model Verification
  • South Platte River - Describes a model verification project using a FlowTracker at Colorado State University.
Stream Flow
  • Arkansas Stream Gauging Program - Describes the advantages of using a FlowTracker for stream-gauging measurements.
  • Hot Spring Measurements - Describes how a FlowTracker was used to take measurements in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring.
  • Hydro-Archaeology Project - Researchers from Pennsylvania State University use a FlowTracker to study Mayan hydrology in Mexico.
  • Indiana Stream Discharge - Describes how USGS personnel used a FlowTracker to measure discharge in eight Indiana streams.
  • LCRA Data Forecasting - Application Note describes how the Lower Colorado River Authority delivers on-the-spot data forecasts and 80-year projections.
  • 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
Tow Tank
  • Tow Tank Test - Describes how the FlowTracker Handheld ADV was tested at a USGS tow tank.
Irrigation, Mining, Water Treatment, Weirs, Flumes, Stormwater, Open Channels
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Updated: April 07, 2008