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2.L UK aLata collection I)rogla@e<br />
Ihe Instj.tute has been engaged Ln an extenslve data collectj.on prograejte<br />
slnce 1975, followlng the developrDent of a beter for the heasuleoent<br />
of dl8charge thlough a road gully (BIytI & (tdd, 19?7). FlfteeD roaal<br />
gull1es hrve been lnstrueented ln a total of si.x gub-catchments ln<br />
Bracknell, Southadpton, Stevenage and Watlingfold. A typical exatnpte<br />
of t]le type of data col"Iectlon systed !n use 1s shown j.n Algure I, atl<br />
oxp€rinental syseer! (2 gully Deters, O.t nn RlDco tlpplng bucket<br />
lalngauge and l{lcrotlata logger) lnstalled in School Close, Stevendge.<br />
Data are recoldedl at half-ldnutg lntervals on lragnetlc tape casse!.Ees,<br />
and processed to a 6electeal €vent record otl the Instltute.s Univac I1OB<br />
cotlPuter.<br />
Ground l6v€l<br />
ratngauge ano<br />
logger<br />
Groundsmans<br />
compound<br />
- Inslrumeni cables<br />
F IGURE I Experifliental system at School Close,<br />
Stevenage, UK<br />
Slorm urater pipes<br />
Urbao catchbent research at I€ tad in the Netherlandg<br />
The I;IsseLnee4)olders Developirent Aut}lo).lty has set up a hydrologtcal<br />
lesearih project at L€lystad, one of the neir towns 1n tie recently<br />
conselucteal polalers in the take lJssel. The iown is buiLr on abouE<br />
one Eetl.e of sand, afld a subsurface dlalnage EysteE controls the<br />
glounalvrater level 1n thls sand overlaylng a neally i,rnpelbeable subsoll.<br />
Th€ ulban area i6 very flat anA tie slop€ of the paveDent ie alue Eo<br />
artlflcial carDbe! only, tctofs 1n the housing area are flat. A houslng<br />
alea and a palklng lot have been lnstruDented as experloental catclDents<br />
rdlth phyBlcaf cha:.act€ll3tlcs as follors:<br />
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