| Discharge Measurement Using Microwave Water Surface Current Meter |
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학술지명 World City Water Forum 2009
저자 김영성,고덕구
발표일 2009-11-20
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In Asian Countries, Japan, China, Korea, non-intrusive technique for river discharge measurement using Microwave Doppler radar has been developed over the last 20 years to measure river discharge during floods which are occurred frequently every year. Typhoons occurred in this region also make difficult to measure river discharge accurately due to the high rain intensity. In those countries, the conventional technologies such as current meters with rotating cups or propeller and floats can not guarantee accurate discharge measurements because water velocities during floods range from 2 to 4 m/s. In case of South Korea, river discharge is increased sharply due to the comparatively steep bed slope and also rain is concentrated in a certain period of each year, June to September, due to the geological characteristics of temperate zone. The basic principle of Microwave Water Surface Current Meter (MWSCM) is the detection of Doppler frequency of scattered microwave from flow surface (Lee et al., 1999). To measure water surface velocity, Microwave doppler radar of 10 GHz radiates microwave on flow surface and it receives the scattered microwave which is different from the radiated one due to the Doppler effect of moving objects. The frequency difference is called the Doppler frequency . (1)Where : Doppler frequency, : velocity of object (m/s), =wave length of microwave, : angle between the direction of moving object and the direction of microwave radiation. |