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critFlowQ

December 27, 2024

This software release provides a means of inferring river discharge from remotely sensed data based on critical flow theory. This approach is only applicable to rivers with well defined standing waves and involves measuring their wavelength and the width of the channel. These data are then used to calculate flow velocity, water depth, and river discharge based on an assumption of critical flow.

Publication Year 2024
Title critFlowQ
DOI 10.5066/P1OIDFH4
Authors Carl J Legleiter
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Water Resources Mission Area - Headquarters
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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