Measurements of flow and sediment dynamics over an estuarine sandwave - data report

A series of field measurements was carried out in 1988 to measure the migration rates of large scale bedforms (sandwaves) and to obtain simultaneous measurements of the flow velocities and suspended solids concentrations over the length of a suitable sandwave in a sand-bedded estuary. The results of these measurements and the initial conclusions drawn from the results are described in Hydraulics Research Report SR203. That report describes in more detail the methods of analysis used to reduce the data obtained in the field and summarises the parameters measured.