Water Velocity Vector Data for Bushy Park Reservoir, South Carolina, 2013-2015
Dates
Publication Date
2017
Start Date
2013-12-18
End Date
2015-05-07
Citation
Conrads, P.A. and Lanier, T.H., 2017, Hydrodynamic data of Bushy Park Reservoir, South Carolina 2013–15: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GB2274.
Summary
Vertical velocities profiles were measured at 15-minute intervals at six locations in the Bushy Park Reservoir using self-contained Sontek Argonaunt XRs upward-facing acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) with a frequency of either 1,500 or 3,000 kiloHertz (kHz)). The ADCPs were deployed between December 2013 and May 2015. Up to four sites were collected concurrently. Data were processed using ViewArgonaut, a software package developed by SonTek (http://www.sontek.com/softwaredetail.php?ViewArgonaut-Software-21) to compute the average velocity vector (magnitude and direction) for each time step (15-minute) at the location.
Summary
Vertical velocities profiles were measured at 15-minute intervals at six locations in the Bushy Park Reservoir using self-contained Sontek Argonaunt XRs upward-facing acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) with a frequency of either 1,500 or 3,000 kiloHertz (kHz)). The ADCPs were deployed between December 2013 and May 2015. Up to four sites were collected concurrently. Data were processed using ViewArgonaut, a software package developed by SonTek (http://www.sontek.com/softwaredetail.php?ViewArgonaut-Software-21) to compute the average velocity vector (magnitude and direction) for each time step (15-minute) at the location.
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Purpose
These velocity vector data were collected in support of a U.S. Geological Survey water-quality study of Bushy Park Reservoir. The velocity vectors were used to evaluated the effects of water withdrawals by the Williams Station on reservoir circulation.