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A DESIGN FOR LOW FLOW CONTROLS 1
Author(s) -
Blanchard Bruce J.,
DeCoursey Donn G.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1970.tb00465.x
Subject(s) - watershed , flow measurement , streams , flow (mathematics) , calibration , current (fluid) , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , yield (engineering) , current meter , remote sensing , geology , engineering , computer science , geotechnical engineering , mathematics , mechanics , physics , electrical engineering , statistics , computer network , oceanography , machine learning , thermodynamics
The determination of the total flow of an alluvial stream by rating a gaging station with a current meter may not be sufficiently accurate for a water yield study. If a large part of the total water yield consists of low flow, a means for accurate measurement must be employed. A technique for the design of a low flow control is described in this paper. Eight low flow controls have been designed on streams of the Southern Plains Watershed Research Center, Chickasha, Oklahoma. Field calibration measurements from these installations have been used to verify the design technique.