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The Hydraulic Measurements & Experimental Methods 2007 Conference (HMEM 2007) is jointly sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR). HMEM 2007 is the third in a series of highly successful HMEM conferences; the first having been held in Buffalo, NY in 1994 and the second in Estes Park, CO in 2002.  The field of Hydraulic Measurements & Experimental Methods represents the broad range of tools, techniques, and analyses that are used to quantify all aspects of surface water flows. Areas of application range from rivers to lakes to estuaries and coastal oceans, and also include manmade aquatic systems such as irrigation channels and reservoirs.  In a world facing ever-increasing pressures on water quality and supply, the demand for new technologies and analytical methods in water resources is on the rise. This conference will provide an opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and students of the field to come together in a common single-themed forum to exchange ideas and share discussions on current issues, applications, new technologies and the future of Hydraulic Measurements & Experimental Methods. All relevant topics are encouraged for discussion including new developments in measurement technologies, new analyses that improve data quality or extract increased information from existing tools, unique examples of applications of techniques, the analysis of uncertainty and optimizing the deployment of measurement technologies to minimize uncertainty. Developments of data collection networks, autonomous networks of sensors, and remotely sensed measurements are of special interest.

Suggested topics include:

Advances in Measurement Technology

• Mechanical instruments
• Electro-magnetic instruments (velocity, discharge, etc.)
• Optical instruments (LDV, LIDAR, PIV, etc.)
• Acoustic instruments (ADV, ADCP, etc.)
• Non-contact/remote techniques (PIV, RADAR, etc.)
• Autonomous sensor and (wireless) transmission networks

Measurements for Fundamentals of Flow Processes

• Complex flows
• Multi-phase flows
• Sediment transport (bed load, suspended load, turbidity, etc.)
• Shallow flows
• Bathymetry/depth monitoring (rivers, lakes, coastal areas, etc.)
• Flow through hydraulic structures
• Coherent flow structures
  

Measurements of BioGeoPhysical Integrated Parameters

• Environmental flows (flow through vegetation, habitat characterization, pollutant dispersion, etc.)
• Measurements in extreme flow conditions (floods, droughts, cold regions, etc.)
• Measurements in extreme wind conditions (tornadoes, hurricanes, vertical wind shear, etc.)
  
  

Experimental Methods and Data Analyses

• Optimal deployments/real-time optimization of measurement technologies
• Multi-parameter measurements (velocity, depth, suspended-sediment concentration, temperature, etc.)
• Long term monitoring & databases (e.g., GIS-based)
• Visualization, spatio-temporal analyses, velocity mapping, temperature mapping, etc.
• Integration into predictive models, data mining and assimilation, nudging
• Uncertainty analyses

Commercial Measurement Equipment

• Instrument demonstrations
• Measurement forums with vendors
• Exhibits by instrumentation vendors