• 15 Sediment Gages • ~2,000 samples per year • 7 Cooperators • 5 Technicians in 3 offices • Project Oriented

– Dam Removal – Restoration

• OPERATIONAL NOT A RESEARCH focus – i.e. 5 Sediment Acoustic sites

slow addition

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14 mi2 drainage area Up-looker used Nearly 100 % fines in suspension No near field corrections

1,636 mi2 drainage area

Up to ~25 % sands in suspension

Side-looker: on-going problems with debris on instrument

Wake zone?

Partial cleanup of data (negative slopes taken out)

Results with only two cells used -no near field correction -wake zone?

FISP Funded 2011-2012

Automation Software Development

Beta Sediment Stationary Add-in by

Boldt, Szupiany, Czuba, and Oberg into

VMT by Parsons, Jackson, Czuba, Mueller, and Oberg

Beta Add-in Animation

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Previous Peak 39.01’ Previous Peak 26.04’

Slide Number 1Slide Number 2Slide Number 3Sediment Concentration and Attenuation Coefficient �Two October Storms at Kickapoo (05579630)Slide Number 5Slide Number 6Slide Number 7Slide Number 8Slide Number 9Slide Number 10AutomationBeta Add-in�AnimationSlide Number 13Slide Number 14Next Steps for OSW?Slide Number 16Additional ComplicationsMeasured, and Water and Sediment �Corrected BackscatterMultiple �Water Corrected Backscatter ReadingsThe SAME Multiple Readings, but for�Sediment Corrected Backscatter