Vegetative
Flow Resistance
As part of the
Kissimmee River Restoration Project, the Kissimmee River
is being returned to its
pre-channelized
state. With the South Florida Water
Management District, we are working on
experiments
to characterize the vegetative resistance in the floodplain
using combined mean flow, turbulence, and dye
measurements. Unfortunately, these
experiments have been on hold as Florida has been
experiencing a drought and thus there is no actual
flow in the floodplain.
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Florida is practically a second home after our
previous
field work with the SFWMD doing concurrent dye injections and ADCP
measurements to determine if ADCPs can be used to measure shear
dispersion in a river. This was another student's
dissertation research - I was just alligator bait helping out with
measurements. We have two sites, one on the Kissimmee and one
on the Loxahatchee. |
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