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Derivation Of Correction Coefficients For Stream Velocities, Upper Little Miami River Basin, Oh, Matthew S. Cheney
Derivation Of Correction Coefficients For Stream Velocities, Upper Little Miami River Basin, Oh, Matthew S. Cheney
The Research and Scholarship Symposium (2013-2019)
The simplest method of determining stream velocity involves measuring how long it takes a floating object or material to move a certain distance downstream. This study tested a dog toy (mini tennis ball), a 2 inch diameter piece of pumice, a playing card, a full 16.9 oz. water bottle, and milk. The floats were released where the maximum velocity of the stream was found through the use of profiling with a simple flowmeter. The real-time data from a USGS-gaged stream only shows discharge and gage height (stage); it does not show velocity. However, the historic USGS-technician stream-flow-verification data for a …