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MEASUREMENT AND COMPUTATION OF STREAMFLOW
VOLUME 1. MEASUREMENT OF STAGE AND DISCHARGE

U.S. Geological Survey, Water Supply Paper 2175

By S. E. Rantz and others


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VOLUME 1. MEASUREMENT OF STAGE AND DISCHARGE (full report 21 MB)

Chapter l.—Introduction 225 KB

Chapter 2.—Selection of gaging-station sites 450 KB

Chapter 3.—Gaging-station controls 1 MB

Chapter 4.—Measurement of stage 4 MB

Chapter 5—Measurement of discharge by conventional current-meter method 7 MB

Chapter 6.—Measurement of discharge by the moving-boat method 2 MB

Chapter 7.—Measurement of discharge by tracer dilution 3 MB

Chapter 8.—Measurement of discharge by miscellaneous methods 885 KB

Chapter 9.—Indirect determination of peak discharge 1.5 MB

Index (The index covers the two volumes of this manual. Volume I contains pages l-284 and Volume II contains pages 285-631) 726 KB

Errata sheet 116 KB


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