Measurement of Stream Discharge by Wading

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Stream discharge is sum of discharges inall sub-sectionsTotal Discharge = ((Area 1 x Velocity 1 ) + (Area 2 x Velocity 2 ) + ….. (Area n x Velocity n ))1 2 3n
Computing width and depth of individualsubsectionsMeter locations0 1 3 5• Example of computingsub-section width• Assume the followingmeasurements applied• Starting point - 0 feet• Next point• Next point• Next point- 1 feet- 3 feet- 5 feet
Page 1 and 2: Measurement of Stream Discharge by
Page 3 and 4: Agenda•The velocity-area concept
Page 5 and 6: Channel cross section is divided in
Page 7: Water velocity in each sub-sectioni
Page 11 and 12: Recording Width and DepthMeter loca
Page 13 and 14: Measuring Cross-Section AreaDepth
Page 15 and 16: WadingRod UseRod set someter placed
Page 17 and 18: Velocity Determination• USGS gene
Page 19 and 20: Headset and StopwatchStop Watch and
Page 21 and 22: Marking Meter• Meter revolutions
Page 23 and 24: Rating Table Equations• Equations
Page 25 and 26: Distance below water surface inperc
Page 27 and 28: Velocity Measurement MethodsGuide t
Page 29 and 30: Distance below water surface inperc
Page 31 and 32: Assessing Measurement• Assessing
Page 33 and 34: Selected References• Buchanan, T.

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