Measurement of peak discharge by the slope-area method
Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations
03-A2
By: Tate Dalrymple and M. A. Benson
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Abstract
This chapter describes application of the Manning equation to measure peak discharge in open channels. Field and office procedures limited to this method are described. Selection of reaches and cross sections is detailed, discharge equations are given, and a complete facsimile example of computation of a slope-area measurement is also given.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Measurement of peak discharge by the slope-area method |
| Series title | Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations |
| Series number | 03-A2 |
| DOI | 10.3133/twri03A2 |
| Year Published | 1968 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Department of the Interior :for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off., |
| Description | v, 12 p. :ill. ; 26 cm. Reprinted in 1984, 1989. |