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DEPTH-INTEGRATION SEDIMENT SAMPLING [1 record]

Record 1 1996-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Method to obtain a representative discharge-weighted water-sediment sample over stream verticals, except an unmeasured zone near the streambed, by continuously compositing a portion of the water-sediment mixture as the sampler traverses the vertical at an approximately constant transit rate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Méthode consistant à prélever en continu le long d'une verticale, exception faite d'une zone hors d'atteinte à proximité du fond, un échantillon représentatif de matériaux en suspension, pondéré suivant le débit, en descendant ou remontant l'appareil de prélèvement à une vitesse approximativement constante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Método para obtener una muestra, representativa y ponderada según el caudal, de sedimentos a lo largo de verticales al curso de agua, excepto en una zona cercana al lecho, en la que no se efectúan mediciones mediante la formación continua de una muestra de la mezcla agua-sedimentos al moverse el muestreador según una vertical a velocidad más o menos constante.

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