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Data for calibrating unsteady-flow sediment-transport models, East Fork River, Wyoming, 1975

January 1, 1976

In 1975, data to calibrate a one-dimensional unsteady-flow and sediment-transport routing model were collected on a reach of the East Fork River of western Wyoming. The reach, 3.1 miles (5 kilometers) in length, wan immediately upstream from a previously established bedload sampling station. Nineteen channel cross sections were sounded at regular intervals during the spring-runoff period. Four stage recorders provided continuous records of water-surface elevations. Samples of bed material at most of the cross sections were obtained prior to high water. Streamflow and sediment-discharge measurements were collected at four of the sections.

The physiography and hydrology of the contributing watershed, the study reach, and the equipment and techniques used in data collection are described briefly. The bulk of the report is a presentation of data for the several-week period of late May to early June 1975, for which concurrent water discharge data, bedload transport and size data, and cross-section depth measurements were collected. In addition, some data collected in 1973 and 1974 and before and after the calibration period in 1975 are included for completeness.

Publication Year 1976
Title Data for calibrating unsteady-flow sediment-transport models, East Fork River, Wyoming, 1975
DOI 10.3133/ofr7622
Authors Holly A. Mahoney, Edmund D. Andrews, William W. Emmett, Luna Bergere Leopold, Robert H. Meade, Robert M. Myrick, Carl F. Nordin
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Open-File Report
Series Number 76-22
Index ID ofr7622
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse