Ephemeral Tributary Sediment Transport Measurement

Funding Opportunity Number: R16-NOI-DO-013 Opportunity Category: ContinuationFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 15.560Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOI-BORClosing Date: May 11, 2016Award Ceiling: $76,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Apr 27, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this project will be to collect surrogate measurements coincident with definitive (physical) measurement of sediment flux in an ephemeral channel that will help establish a relationship between surrogate data and sediment flux. The research will make a determination of what surrogate measurements need to be collected in order to develop a relationship between surrogate data and definitive sediment flux. The larger context of this research project reflects the fact that ungagged ephemeral tributaries present a challenging situation for estimating sediment delivery during a storm event. If a relationship between surrogate data and definitive sediment flux can indeed be developed, then practitioners may have a means to estimate bed load using relatively inexpensive surrogate data collection techniques. The current research site is the Arroyo de los Piños, which is on the western side of the Rio Grande, across the river from Socorro...
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