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Title: | Fluorescent quinine-based tracking techniques for measurement of open-channel surface flow velocities under low luminosity conditions using a UAS | Authors: | Zehsaz, Soheil Lima, João L. M .P. de Isidoro, Jorge M. G. P. Lima, M. Isabel P. de Martins, Ricardo |
Keywords: | leading-edge velocities; night-time monitoring; open-channel flow; quinine; remote sensing; tracers | Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | Nordic Association for Hydrology | Project: | This research was partly funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), through projects MEDWATERICE (PRIMA/0006/2018), supported by national funds (PIDDAC), projects UIDB/04292/2020 and UIDP/04292/2020 granted to MARE – Marine and Environmental Research Center, University of Coimbra (Portugal), strategic project UIDB/ 04450/2020 granted to RISCO – Research Centre for Risks and Sustainability in Construction, and project LA/P/0069/2020 granted to the Associate Laboratory ARNET – Aquatic Research Network, supported by national funds. The author S.Z. was granted a PhD fellowship from FCT (Ref. 2020.07183.BD). | Serial title, monograph or event: | Hydrology Research | Volume: | 54 | Issue: | 6 | Abstract: | This study presents techniques based on the use of fluorescent quinine as a visual tracer for surface flows, to assess surface flow velocities in channels and streams under low luminosity conditions. Fieldwork was conducted in three open channels, with different hydraulic characteristics. A quinine solution, in both liquid and solid (ice cube) forms, was applied on the water flow surface and an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) was used to record the movement of the fluorescent quinine. The results were compared to the velocities estimated using the thermal tracer technique and flowmeter-based velocity maps. The findings show that the quinine solution, in both liquid and solid forms, can be used to estimate open-channel surface flow velocities under low luminosity conditions. While the solid form of the quinine tracer was applied in a smaller volume than the liquid tracer, its fluorescence effect persisted longer. By comparison, the liquid tracer had the advantage of continual availability and was devoid of the constraint of melting. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/113146 | ISSN: | 0029-1277 2224-7955 |
DOI: | 10.2166/nh.2023.011 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | FCTUC Eng.Civil - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais I&D MARE - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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