Book chapter
Watershed-Scale Cybertools: Real-time Stream Monitoring at Ungaged Sites
Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts, pp.1-7
2005
DOI: 10.1061/40763(178)16
Abstract
The emerging cyberinfrastructure-based decision-support systems for aquatic environments assume coupling of real-time monitoring instruments with data-driven models covering spatial and temporal scales from microhabitat to watershed levels. The paper describes a Mobile Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry (MLSPIV) mobile unit that allows visualization and quantitative measurements of instantaneous and averaged flow characteristics in rivers over large areas. The unmatched spatial resolution along with the remote, real-time, and fully digital nature of LSPIV makes it an ideal cybertool either as a stand-alone instrument, as presented in the paper, or integrated in large-scale networks. Preliminary tests with similar LSPIV configurations proved that the technique is reliable, flexible, and efficient for monitoring, design, hazard warning, and decision-making in riverine ecosystems.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Watershed-Scale Cybertools: Real-time Stream Monitoring at Ungaged Sites
- Creators
- W KrajewskiM MusteA BradleyT PapanicolaouY KimA Kruger
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts, pp.1-7
- DOI
- 10.1061/40763(178)16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering; Geographical and Sustainability Sciences; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984083864002771
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