Chapter 23

Innovation in Hydrologic Measurement

Outline:

• What makes whitewater "white"?
• How to measure content in whitewater?
• Mountain river waterfalls concepts
• Lab experiments on horseshoe falls

Textbook reading:

• none.

Optional other reading:

• Pasternack, G. B., Valle, B., Paige, D., Shaw, K. M. 2006. Portable apparatus and method for measuring hydraulic features in rivers and stream. U.S. Patent # 7062962.

Related web links:

• none.

Video Podcast: Tackling New Frontiers in Science

This 53-minute presentation offers a case study in which a simple, naive idea led to fundamentally new advancements in science, aided by innovations in field methods.

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