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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-1917-2018
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Active heat pulse sensing of 3-D-flow fields in streambeds
Eddie W. Banks
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National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Margaret A. Shanafield
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Saskia Noorduijn
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
James McCallum
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Jörg Lewandowski
Department Ecohydrology, IGB, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
Geography Department, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Okke Batelaan
National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training and the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Estimation of the Variation in Specific Discharge Over Large Depth Using Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Measurements of the Heat Pulse Response B. des Tombe et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024171
- Quantifying Transient Water Flow Density in Critical Zone Unsaturated Soils With a Thermo‐Time Domain Reflectometry Technique L. Qin et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70533
- Hyporheic Exchange Controls Fate of Trace Organic Compounds in an Urban Stream J. Schaper et al. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b03117
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Short summary
This study used a portable 56-sensor, 3-D temperature array with three heat pulse sources to measure the flow direction and magnitude below the water–sediment interface. Breakthrough curves from each of the sensors were analyzed using a heat transport equation. The use of short-duration heat pulses provided a rapid, accurate assessment technique for determining dynamic and multi-directional flow patterns in the hyporheic zone and is a basis for improved understanding of biogeochemical processes.
This study used a portable 56-sensor, 3-D temperature array with three heat pulse sources to...
