| Abstract: | Wet-line depth corrections for cable-suspended current meter and weight not perpendicular to the water surface have been evaluated using cable-suspended weights towed by a boat in still water. A fathometer was used to track a Columbus sounding weight and to record its actual depth for several apparent depths, weight sizes, and towed velocities. Cable strumming, tension, and weight veer are noted. Results of this study suggest possible differences between observed depth corrections and corrections obtained from the wet-line correction table currently in use. These differences may have resulted from test conditions which deviated from the inherent assumptions of the wet-line table: (1) drag on the weight in the sounding position at the bottom of a stream can be neglected; and (2) the distribution of horizontal drag on the sounding line is in accordance with the variation of velocity with depth. Observed depth corrections were compared to wet-line table values used for determining the 0.8-depth position of the sounding weight under these conditions; the results indicate that questionable differences exist. (Lantz-PTT) |
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| ProdID: | 26647 |
| Citation Author: | Coon, W. F.; Futrell, James C. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 31 p. :ill. ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 85-4329 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Evaluation of wet-line depth-correction methods for cable-suspended current meters; 1986; WRI; 85-4329; Coon, W. F.; Futrell, James C. |
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| Text: | Evaluation of wet-line depth-correction methods for cable-suspended current meters; 1986; WRI; 85-4329; Coon, W. F.; Futrell, James C. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1985/4329/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1985/4329/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
