Streamflow measurement [electronic resource]

"Streamflow Measurement deals with all the main methods for measuring the flow in rivers and open channels necessary for the practice of efficient water management. Water is now a major issue in a world of some six-and-a-half billion people where more than one-quarter do not have safe drinking...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herschy, Reginald W. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ;New York : Routledge , c2009
Edition:3rd ed
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Velocity Area-Method
  • 3. Measurement of stage
  • 4 The stage-discharge relation
  • 5. Special problems
  • 6. The ADCP Method
  • 7. Measurement by Floats
  • 8. The slope area method
  • 9. The stage fall discharge method
  • 10. Weirs and flumes
  • 11. Dilution gauging
  • 12. The Ultrasonic Method
  • 13. Accuracy
  • 14. Hydrometric Data Processing
  • 15. Flow in Pipes