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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey is evaluating potentially useful surrogate instruments and methods for inferring the physical characteristics of suspended sediments. Instruments operating on bulk acoustic, bulk and digital optic, laser, and pressure-differential technologies are being tested in riverine and laboratory settings for their usefulness to Federal agencies toward providing quantifiably reliable information on bed-material and bed-topography characteristics, and on concentrations, size distributions and transport rates of sediments in suspension and as bedload. The efficacy of four suspended-sediment surrogate technologies has been demonstrated to varying degrees of success in Kansas, Florida, Arizona, and Puerto Rico.
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| Publication type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Conference Paper |
| Title | U.S. Geological Survey research on surrogate measurements for suspended sediment |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service |
| Contributing office(s) | Office of Surface Water |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Book |
| Larger Work Subtype | Conference publication |
| Larger Work Title | First Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds: October 27-30, 2003 |
| First page | 95 |
| Last page | 100 |
| Country | United States;Puerto Rico |
| State | Arizona;Florida;Kansas |
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