Catchment Monitoring

Authors: Kevin Sene

Publish Date: 2016

Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 71-104

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Abstract

Observations of catchment conditions are essential for many forecasting applications Examples include measurements of water levels in rivers lakes and reservoirs and estimates for evapotranspiration snow cover and soil moisture at a catchment scale Additional information may be required for water quality applications This chapter discusses some of the main techniques used and the related issues of hydrometric data management and telemetry systems This includes a discussion of river flow estimation using stagedischarge relationships and some basic considerations regarding the design of monitoring networks

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