Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2003/00243/2
Three-dimensional quantification of coherent flow structures in large alluvial channels: a new approach using multibeam sounding.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor SN Lane, Durham University, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JL Best, University of Leeds, School of Earth and Environment
- Co-Investigator:
- Mr GR West, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
- Grant held at:
- Durham University, Geography
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Freshwater
- Earth
- Overall Classification:
- Freshwater
- ENRIs:
- Pollution and Waste
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Biodiversity
- Science Topics:
- Water Quality
- Earth Surface Processes
- Survey & Monitoring
- Sediment/Sedimentary Processes
- Abstract:
- This project develops a high resolution multibeam echosounding system for determination of the three-dimensional morphology of shallow fluvial flows. It provides information with cm resolution and sub-cm precision along with simultaneous data on turbidity throughout the instrument swath width. The project will test the quality of the data that this system provides and apply it to the quantification of: (1) shear zone processes at the junction of the Parana and Paraguay Rivers on the Argentina-Paraguay border; and (2) the interaction between fine sediment suspension and the morphology of low-angled dune fields. The result would be an understanding of the interaction between aspects of bed morphology and three-dimensional flow processes that has yet to be achieved.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2003/00243/2
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £12,595
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Equipment |
|---|---|
| £446 | £12,149 |
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