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Toward a general calibration of the Swiss plate geophone system for fractional bedload transport
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zürich,
Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
Gilles Antoniazza
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST), University of Lausanne,
Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
Lorenz Ammann
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
Dieter Rickenmann
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
James W. Kirchner
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, 8903, Switzerland
Department of Environmental System Sciences, ETH Zürich,
Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- From glaciers to large rivers: Lessons and insights from long‐term bedload monitoring R. Rindler et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.70059
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- Challenges and opportunities of sediment budgeting using the River Sediment Budget Approach (RSBA): Three cases in Austrian gravel-bed river reaches S. Schwarz et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109182
- The geomorphological and ecological functioning of the Silala River L. Mao https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1691
- The role of sand in an impact-based bedload monitoring system M. Pirker et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-53231-x
- Comparison of calibration characteristics of different acoustic impact systems for measuring bedload transport in mountain streams D. Rickenmann et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-10-1165-2022
- Bedload transport fluctuations, flow conditions, and disequilibrium ratio at the Swiss Erlenbach stream: results from 27 years of high-resolution temporal measurements D. Rickenmann https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-11-2024
- Scaling behavior of bedload transport: what if Bagnold was right? C. Ancey & A. Recking https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104571
- At-a-site and between-site variability of bedload transport, inferred from continuous surrogate monitoring, and comparison to predictive equations D. Rickenmann https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-14-115-2026
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Short summary
Monitoring sediment transport is relevant for flood safety and river restoration. However, the spatial and temporal variability of sediment transport processes makes their prediction challenging. We investigate the feasibility of a general calibration relationship between sediment transport rates and the impact signals recorded by metal plates installed in the channel bed. We present a new calibration method based on flume experiments and apply it to an extensive dataset of field measurements.
Monitoring sediment transport is relevant for flood safety and river restoration. However, the...