O canal São Gonçalo se caracteriza por ser um importante elo de ligação econômica e estratégica entre Brasil e Uruguai, bem como, é peça chave na gestão da irrigação na Planície Lagunar do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Devido a esses motivos, objetivou-se fazer uma caracterização morfométrica dos sedimentos de fundo do canal São Gonçalo, buscando encontrar um padrão de comportamento e distribuição granulométrica na região de estudo. De tal forma, realizaram-se seis campanhas de coletas de sedimentos de fundo espacializadas de forma sazonal, possuindo cada uma dessas, 8 pontos distribuídos espacialmente. Obtiveram-se a partir das coletas, as distribuições granulométricas referentes a cada uma das 48 amostras coletadas. Esses dados permitiram a construção de um triângulo textural para o sedimento de fundo da região, curvas de distribuição granulométrica dos pontos, e análise estatística das granulometrias. O conjunto de resultados obtidos não permitiu a obtenção de um padrão de distribuição granulométrica do local, devido à grande variabilidade sazonal e espacial dos resultados.
The São Gonçalo Channel, located in the south of Brazil, is responsible for connecting the Mirim Lagoon to the Patos Lagoon, constituting the largest coastal lagoon system in Latin America. The assessment of its hydraulic variables is necessary given the importance of this channel for the region. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the performance of the index velocity rating curve (IVRC) method, from velocity measurements provided by horizontal static-type acoustic Doppler profilers (H-ADCPs). For the two sections analyzed in this study (GS1 and GS2), IVRC models were developed considering the integrated velocity cell (IVC) method; the multi-cell velocity (MCV) method; the joint use of IVC and MCV; and a stage-mean velocity rating curve. The results point to an r2 of 0.986 (IVC), 0.998 (IVC + MCV), 0.534 (stage-mean velocity) at GS1, and r2 of 0.986 (IVC), 0.995 (IVC + MCV), and 0.815 (stage-mean velocity) at GS2. In both GS1 and GS2, results showed significant gains – for different flow conditions – on continuous estimations of flow velocities and discharges when considering the MCV + IVC method. The IVRC model that presented the best fit allowed the development of a time-series of discharges in the studied sites with high reliability.
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