Abstract
Water velocities in the centimeter per second range or less are measurable by only a few instruments. Experimental laboratory studies frequently require such measurements. A review of low water velocity measurement methods is presented. An inexpensive optical hydrogen bubble‐tracing technique is described for velocity measurements in the range 0.5 to 8 cm/s. Modification to a thymol blue (pH) tracer method extends its applicability to the range 0.1 to 1.0 cm/s. Design and operational characteristics of the hydrogen bubble/thymol blue current meter are described.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1480-1486 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Water Resources Research |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |