Indirect Estimation of Flow and Suspended-sediment Concentration and Load in Small Mountain Streams: an Exploratory Study in Ribeira Seca Stream, Madeira Island
| Autor: | Luiz Guerreiro Lopes, Raquel Lobo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Dilution gauging
Suspended sediments Hydrology 021110 strategic defence & security studies Mountain streams 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Geography Planning and Development Flow (psychology) 0211 other engineering and technologies Streamflow 02 engineering and technology STREAMS 01 natural sciences Sediment concentration Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia General Energy Environmental science Water turbidity Madeira (Portugal) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 2224-3496 1790-5079 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to assess the applicability of indirect techniques for streamflow and suspended sediment concentration estimation and their use in the calculation of suspended sediment transport rate in the small mountain watersheds of Madeira Island, Portugal. Emphasis was given to the application of salt dilution gauging to the indirect determination of the flow rate and the use of water turbidity data to estimate the concentration of suspended sediments. The field and laboratory work carried out are briefly described, and the main experimental results and the field data from the short measurement campaign performed in the Ribeira Seca stream in Faial, on the north side of the island, are presented and discussed. Whilst the measurement campaign carried out was temporally and spatially limited, it was pioneering for Madeira and allowed to verify the applicability of the indirect hydrometric and sedimentometric techniques used in this exploratory study. |
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