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A SUPERCRITICAL FLUME FOR MEASURING SEDIMENT-LADEN STREAMFLOW1 |
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| Authors: | Malchus B Baker |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT: After 25 years of operation on ephemeral streams in the semiarid Southwest, this supercritical flume has provided more than 350 station-years of reliable streamflow data, even under freezethaw conditions experienced at elevations of 1,500 to 2,100 m, in Arizona. The flume has also provided streamflow data during flood periods produced by high intensity summer thunderstorm conditions, where considerable sediment and other debris was moved downstream. |
| Keywords: | open channel snowmelt sedimentation water yield |