U.S. Geological Survey, Water Supply Paper 2175 - Part 1
By S. E. Rantz and others
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/wsp2175/html/WSP2175_vol1_pdf.html
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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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VOLUME 2. COMPUTATION OF DISCHARGE 23 MB
Chapter 10—Discharge ratings using simple stage-discharge relations 7 MB
Chapter 11—Discharge ratings using slope as a parameter 2.2 MB
Chapter 12—Discharge ratings using a velocity index as a parameter 2.4 MB
Chapter 13—Discharge ratings for tidal streams 914 KB
Chapter 14—Discharge ratings for miscellaneous hydraulic facilities 3.3 MB
Chapter 15—Computation of discharge records 3.6 MB
Chapter 16—Presentation and publication of stream-gaging data 1.7 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
