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Variation of width and discharge for natural high‐gradient stream channels
Author(s) -
Osterkamp W. R.,
Hedman E. R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr013i002p00256
Subject(s) - exponent , power function , channel (broadcasting) , lag , allometry , regression , hydrology (agriculture) , mathematics , statistics , geology , mathematical analysis , geotechnical engineering , telecommunications , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , computer network , paleontology , computer science
Standardized measurements of width at gaging stations on high‐gradient stream channels show that a power function relation, indicative of static allometric growth, exists between width and average discharge in the downstream direction. Results are in close agreement with studies by Leopold and Maddock (1953) and confirm their ‘ b ’ exponent. Workers currently using active channel width measurements as a means of estimating average discharge from ungaged basins should consider 2.0 as a standard exponent of the regression relation.