S&T Project Number 1871 Final Report:Monitoring Sediment Transport in an Ephemeral Stream
Description
The research focuses on physical measurements of sediment flux and surrogate techniques in order to establish a relationship between the two in an ephemeral stream environment. This relationship is necessary because: standard methods for estimating sediment yield are derived from perennial systems and are inapplicable to ephemeral systems; the nature of ephemeral streams (infrequent and short-lived) means that standard data collection methods are insufficient; and 30% of the world’s inhabited land surface is made up of desert climates and is home to approximately 2 billion people and this research will help fill the gap in scientific knowledge such that management of desert channel networks (including the semi-arid southwestern United States) will be improved.
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Landing page for "S&T Project Number 1871 Final Report:Monitoring Sediment Transport in an Ephemeral Stream" |
https://data.usbr.gov/catalog/4413/item/6248 |
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"S&T Project Number 1871 Final Report:Monitoring Sediment Transport in an Ephemeral Stream" as a PDF file |
https://data.usbr.gov/rise/content-rise-public/rise/catalog-item/binary/S&T_2020-1871-01_Final.pdf |
Tags
- ephemeral
- bedload
- suspended-sediment
- sediment
- acoustic
- water
- sediment-transport
- turbidity