Josef G Schuler
Science and Products
Date published: March 13, 2019
Status: Active Measuring Suspended-Sediment Concentrations, Grain Sizes and Bedload using Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meters and Echologgers in the Lower Chippewa River, Wisconsin
Sediment from the Chippewa River deposits in the Mississippi River navigation channel, sometimes disrupting commercial barge traffic and resulting in expensive and ecologically disruptive dredging operations. The USGS is using new applications of hydroacoustic technologies to better understand sediment transport in the Chippewa River and associated effects on commercial navigation.
Contacts: Jeffrey Ziegeweid, Faith A Fitzpatrick, David J Dean, Joel T Groten, John "William" Lund, Josef G Schuler, Jon Hendrickson, Dr. Daniel Buscombe