Target Audience:  Hydrographers who work with sediment acoustic index method.

Summary and Objectives:  This web-based course will teach hydrographers the basic fundamentals of the sediment acoustic index method, using a single frequency ADVM, and how to establish a sediment acoustic index station. The material presented will summarize and augment information in the USGS Techniques and Methods 3C-5 report “Sediment Acoustic Index Method for Computing Continuous Suspended-Sediment Concentrations”. This web-based course provides introductory material and is a prerequisite to the full, week-long USGS course H-17-037 Acoustic Index Method for Estimating Fluvial Suspended Sediment. The course also is a valuable refresher for students who are already familiar with the sediment acoustic index method.

Course Contact: Paul Diaz Jr pdiaz@usgs.gov