Abstract

An index velocity rating was developed for a SonTek/YSI Argonaut Side-Looking (SL) ultrasonic Doppler flow meter installed in the Main Canal of the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Irrigation Project in Parker, Arizona. Velocity data collected concurrently with the ultrasonic flow meter and conventional current meter were compared using linear regression techniques. The rating equation for this installation provides a reasonably accurate means of computing discharge. This project was completed by the Irrigation Training and Research Center (ITRC), California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, working under a technical assistance contract for the Water Conservation Office, United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Yuma, Arizona and the California Energy Commission (CEC). The procedure used in the evaluation included multiple measurements over a range of low, medium, and high flows. This approach verified the validity of discharge measurement through analysis of coefficients of determination and by comparison of discharges computed from the ratings to measured discharges.

Disciplines

Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering

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