Bed-Sediment Transport Conditions along the Sagavanirktok River in Northern Alaska, USA
This manuscript presents a study in predicting bed-sediment transport rates along the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska. Extensive field activities took place to accomplish this goal: four hydro-meteorological stations were installed in a 150 km reach along the river in summer 2015. During the same year...
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ftmdpi:oai:mdpi.com:/2073-4441/12/3/774/ 2023-08-20T04:04:35+02:00 Bed-Sediment Transport Conditions along the Sagavanirktok River in Northern Alaska, USA Horacio Toniolo agris 2020-03-11 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030774 EN eng Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Hydraulics and Hydrodynamics https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12030774 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Water; Volume 12; Issue 3; Pages: 774 bed-sediment transport gravel-bed rivers arctic environments Text 2020 ftmdpi https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030774 2023-07-31T23:13:24Z This manuscript presents a study in predicting bed-sediment transport rates along the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska. Extensive field activities took place to accomplish this goal: four hydro-meteorological stations were installed in a 150 km reach along the river in summer 2015. During the same year, pits were excavated near the stations, and in subsequent summers, the pits were surveyed multiple times in conjunction with taking discharge measurements. Water slope was measured and bed sediment was characterized. Site-specific relationships between water levels and cross-section water depths were developed. Volume change between consecutive surveys was calculated, and main flood events between surveys were identified. Finally, the first bed-sediment transport equations valid for the Sagavanirktok River were developed. Considering the intrinsic error in sediment transport predictions, the agreement between predicted and measured sediment transport values is good. These equations could be used by resource managers when predicting the expected time for an excavated material site in the Sagavanirktok River to refill. Text Arctic Alaska MDPI Open Access Publishing Arctic Water 12 3 774 |
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This manuscript presents a study in predicting bed-sediment transport rates along the Sagavanirktok River in Alaska. Extensive field activities took place to accomplish this goal: four hydro-meteorological stations were installed in a 150 km reach along the river in summer 2015. During the same year, pits were excavated near the stations, and in subsequent summers, the pits were surveyed multiple times in conjunction with taking discharge measurements. Water slope was measured and bed sediment was characterized. Site-specific relationships between water levels and cross-section water depths were developed. Volume change between consecutive surveys was calculated, and main flood events between surveys were identified. Finally, the first bed-sediment transport equations valid for the Sagavanirktok River were developed. Considering the intrinsic error in sediment transport predictions, the agreement between predicted and measured sediment transport values is good. These equations could be used by resource managers when predicting the expected time for an excavated material site in the Sagavanirktok River to refill. |
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