A new experimental method to gauge river without direct contact
IIHR- Hydroscience & Engineering
College of Engineering, The University of Iowa
 
 
Real-Time Estimation of Discharges of the Iowa River Using an Image-Based Method

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Weekly Discharges Estimation

 

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This page was last updated on June 16, 200408/29/2005
 
During the night, no illumination makes the measurement by image-based method impossible; this explains the gaps between the measurements.

The dispersion in the data  comes from different uncertainty sources like:      - wind effect on the water surface and on the tracers;                                    - global illumination;                                                                                     - non uniformity of the illumination (sun reflections, shadows);                       - density of tracer.

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