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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-375-5-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-375-5-2017
03 Mar 2017
 | 03 Mar 2017

Bedload transport monitoring with acoustic sensors in the Swiss Albula mountain river

Dieter Rickenmann, Gilles Antoniazza, Carlos R. Wyss, Bruno Fritschi, and Stefan Boss

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Bedload transport measurements were performed with acoustic sensors (geophones and accelerometers) mounted underneath impact plates during summer 2015 in the Albula River in Switzerland. The measurements showed that the signal response in terms of geophone and accelerometer impulses is comparable for both types of sensors and that there is a good correlation between discharge data and impulses recorded by both types of sensors.