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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
卷 54, 期 10, 页码 7981-7999出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2018WR022551
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- National Science Foundation [BCS 135-9911, 1359911]
- University of Illinois Research Board
- Illinois Water Resources Center [INTG16AP00051]
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1359911] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Although past field work at stream confluences has relied on velocity information at specific cross sections to examine flow structure, detailed characterizations of spatial and temporal variations in the hydrodynamics of confluences are lacking. This study uses large-scale particle image velocimetry (LSPIV) obtained from small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), a method evaluated in a companion paper, to map surficial patterns of mean flow and turbulent structures at two small stream confluences in unprecedented levels of detail. LSPIV reveals two-dimensional flow patterns within different hydrodynamic zones in each confluence as well as similarities and differences in hydrodynamic conditions between the confluences. As expected based on extant conceptual models of confluence hydrodynamics, the spatial arrangement of characteristic hydrodynamic zones varies with confluence planform geometry and with changes in incoming flow conditions. However, local morphological features, such as bars and irregularities in channel banks, also exert a strong influence on the spatial structure of flow and in some cases influence confluence hydrodynamics to an extent comparable to changes in incoming flow conditions. The usefulness of sUAS-based LSPIV is demonstrated by the correspondence between patterns of flow curvature revealed by this method and patterns of helical motion documented at cross sections within the confluences using acoustic Doppler velocimetry. The method can also be used to characterize the structure of turbulent vortices within the mixing interface between confluent streams under appropriate conditions. Hydrodynamic mapping using sUAS-based LSPIV enriches the interpretation of traditional in-stream velocity data acquired in the field and provides information on surface velocity patterns in rivers at a resolution similar to that of numerical models.
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