The PLUme MEasurement System (PLUMES): A Commercially Available System
Abstract
This technical note describes a commercially available field data collection system that can measure suspended sediment concentrations and currents at dredging operations sites. It has the capabilities of the PLUme MEasurement System (PLUMES), described in Dredging Research Technical Notes DRP- 1-06 (Kraus and Thevenot 1992). During dredging and dredged material disposal operations, cloud or plumes of suspended sediment are produced at the sites of these operations. The temporal and spatial distribution of turbidity from these plumes, and the fate of the suspended sediment in them, are important environmental concerns. PLUMES was developed to obtain measurements that provide quantitative information on these factors
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA281876