Title :
Real-time flow measurement in the River Guadiana estuary using acoustic Doppler technology
Author :
Parra, Javier García ; Tornos, Andres Alonso-Martirena ; López, Francisco Barbancho ; Castillo, Antonio Ponce
Author_Institution :
Qualitas Instruments, SA, Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
In the year 2004 a system was designed, installed and tested in the River Guadiana coastal plain estuary to provide with real-time net flow data to the Automatic Hydrological Information System, which is the control and monitoring tool of the River Guadiana Water Authority.
Keywords :
Doppler measurement; acoustic measurement; data acquisition; flow measurement; hydrological techniques; real-time systems; remote sensing; rivers; AD 2004; Automatic Hydrological Information System; River Guadiana Water Authority; River Guadiana coastal plain estuary; River Guadiana estuary; Spain; acoustic Doppler technology; real-time flow measurement; real-time net flow data; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic testing; Automatic testing; Fluid flow measurement; Hydrologic measurements; Information systems; Real time systems; Rivers; Sea measurements; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Current Measurement Technology, 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE/OES Eighth Working Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8989-1
DOI :
10.1109/CCM.2005.1506348