Winter Flow Measurements at the Mackenzie River

• Main Author: Dapei Wang
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.543.1573; http://cripe.civil.ualberta.ca/Downloads/11th_Workshop/Wang-2001.pdf

A winter flow monitoring system was developed for conducting discharge measurements at the Mackenzie River of Canada in the winter of 1998-1999, based on the request of the MAGS Hydrology Study Team for continuous stream discharge data over the entire ice-covered period. The monitoring system, which is composed of an instrument assembly for data collection and a discharge calculation scheme for data processing, was assembled with several flow measuring techniques and equipment currently available at WSB. The resulting records of continuous discharge measurements of the Mackenzie River at the Arctic Red is presented. The flow monitoring system has the potential to be used as an alternative technique for winter flow measurements of WSB’s routine data acquisition operations with reducing the operational costs and enhancing the operational safety. 1.