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Design and calibration of a recording bedload trap
Author(s) -
Harris T.,
Richards K. S.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.3290200803
Subject(s) - bed load , trap (plumbing) , calibration , environmental science , transducer , geology , hydrology (agriculture) , remote sensing , acoustics , geotechnical engineering , sediment transport , sediment , geomorphology , physics , statistics , mathematics , environmental engineering
This paper reports design modifications to the recording bedload trap developed by Reid et al. (1980), and rigorous calibration procedures followed both before and after installation. An unexpected temperature dependence of the trap and stage pressure transducer records is identified and corrected. The consequences of this dependence for the interpretation of a bedload‐transport event are discussed.