CLASS PLAN RIVER BEHAVIOR FLOW GAUGING MANNING’S EQUATION BANKFULL DISCHARGE DISCUSS MCPHEE
RIVERS On Huntington, in water Warm clothes, food, $, Daily Bread Measure discharge - survey and velocity Trace flow Compare pools and riffles Field estimate of bankfull stage
Idealized flow patterns Alluvial, meandering river Dye tracing
Channel Mobility Watts Branch, MD
Downstream Organization Survey one of each type Calculate discharge for one of each type COMPARE
FLOW GAUGING QUANTIFY VOLUME OF WATER MOVING THROUGH CHANNEL NEED CHANNEL GEOMETRY NEED VELOCITY
Survey Across Stream Distance Velocity Water Depth
Flow meter for measuring water speed
Divide and Conquer
Add up the pieces
From counts to speed
Manning Equation
SLOPE
Wetted Perimeter
Try to define in field using Flow Levels Bank full flow About once a year Try to define in field using observations
Extreme Floods How does the Huntington Fit?
DEFINE BASIN AREA COUNT BOXES OR USE DIGITIZER