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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2022-68
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2022-68
31 Jan 2023
 | 31 Jan 2023
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal ESurf and is expected to appear here in due course.

Optimization of passive acoustic bedload monitoring in rivers by signal inversion

Mohamad Nasr, Adele Johannot, Thomas Geay, Sebastien Zanker, Jules Le Guern, and Alain Recking

Abstract. Recent studies have shown that hydrophone sensors can monitor bedload flux in rivers by measuring the self-generated noise (SGN) emitted by bedload particles when they impact the riverbed. However, experimental and theoretical studies have shown that the measured SGN depends not only on bedload flux intensity but also on the propagation environment, which differs between rivers. Moreover, the SGN can propagate far from the acoustic source and be well measured at distant river positions where no bedload transport exists. It has been shown that this dependence of the SGN measurements on the propagation environment can significantly affect the performance of monitoring bedload flux by hydrophone techniques. In this article, we propose an inversion model to solve the problem of SGN propagation and integration effect. In this model, we assume that the riverbed acts as SGN source areas with intensity proportional to the local bedload flux. The inversion model locates the SGN sources and calculates their corresponding acoustic power by solving a system of linear algebraic equations accounting for the actual measured cross-sectional acoustic power (acoustic mapping) and attenuation properties. We tested the model using two field campaigns conducted in 2018 and 2021 on the Giffre River in the French Alps, which measured the bedload SGN profile (acoustic mapping with a drift boat) and bedload flux profile (direct sampling with an Elwha sampler). Results confirm that the bedload flux profile better correlates with the inversed acoustic power than measured acoustic power. Moreover, it was possible to fit the two field campaign with a unique curve after inversion, which was not possible with the measured acoustic data. The inversion model shows the importance of considering the propagation effect when using the hydrophone technique and offers new perspectives for the calibration of bedload flux with SGN in rivers.

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Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on esurf-2022-68', Ron Nativ, 02 Mar 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Mohamad Nasr, 22 Jun 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on esurf-2022-68', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Mar 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Mohamad Nasr, 22 Jun 2023

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on esurf-2022-68', Ron Nativ, 02 Mar 2023
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Mohamad Nasr, 22 Jun 2023
  • RC2: 'Comment on esurf-2022-68', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Mar 2023
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Mohamad Nasr, 22 Jun 2023

Mohamad Nasr et al.

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Hydrophones are used to monitor sediment transport in the river by listing to the acoustic noise generated by particles impacts on the riverbed. However, this acoustic noise is modified by the river flow and can cause misleading information about sediment transport. This article proposes a model that corrects the measured acoustic signal. Testing the model showed that the corrected signal is better correlated with bedload flux in the river.