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Simplified methods for computing total sediment discharge with the modified Einstein procedure

Water Supply Paper 1593
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1593

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Abstract

A procedure was presented in 1950 by H. A. Einstein for computing the total discharge of sediment particles of sizes that are in appreciable quantities in the stream bed. This procedure was modified by the U.S. Geological Survey and adapted to computing the total sediment discharge of a stream on the basis of samples of bed sediment, depth-integrated samples of suspended sediment, streamflow measurements, and water temperature. This paper gives simplified methods for computing total sediment discharge by the modified Einstein procedure. Each of four homographs appreciably simplifies a major step in the computations. Within the stated limitations, use of the homographs introduces much less error than is present in either the basic data or the theories on which the computations of total sediment discharge are based. The results are nearly as accurate mathematically as those that could be obtained from the longer and more complex arithmetic and algebraic computations of the Einstein procedure.

Suggested Citation

Colby, B.R., and Hubbell, D.W., 1961, Simplified methods for computing total sediment discharge with the modified Einstein procedure: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1593, vi, 17 p. ;24 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp1593.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Simplified methods for computing total sediment discharge with the modified Einstein procedure
Series title Water Supply Paper
Series number 1593
DOI 10.3133/wsp1593
Year Published 1961
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. G.P.O.,
Description vi, 17 p. ;24 cm.
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