Advances in real-time satellite monitoring of flow in rivers and estuaries

该项目计划通过开发一种新的移动漂船系统来改善对我们水道的监测，该系统可以沿着漂船的路径测量流量和水质。澳大利亚水资源管理的主要挑战之一是在大的地理区域内有效地监测和管理河流和河口。传统上，在一个简单的假设下，在固定的点上使用仪器进行这种监测，即一个点足以代表一个非常大的水域。相比之下，实时水流记录（RT-FLOW）系统有望提供来自我们水道大区域的信息，为利益相关者提供更多信息，使他们能够更好地管理风暴潮和侵蚀等问题。该项目还旨在提供改进的水动力模型验证。

This project plans to improve the monitoring of our waterways by developing a novel moving drifter system that takes flow and water quality measurements along the pathlines of the drifters. One of the key challenges for Australian water management lies in monitoring and managing rivers and estuaries effectively over large geographical areas. Traditionally, instrumentation at stationary points has been used for such monitoring, under the simplifying assumption that a single point adequately represents a very large region of water. By contrast, the Real-Time Flow Logging of Water (RT-FLOW) system expects to provide information from large regions of our waterways, providing stakeholders with more information to enable them to better manage issues including storm surge and erosion. The project also aims to provide improved validation of hydrodynamic models.