The classic approach for estimating river flows is based on the use of a rating curve, which links the flow rates to the water heights measured at a gauging station. This simple approach, has practical and economic advantages but also has limitations related in part to the difficulty of obtaining a representative range of flows, particularly in the presence of ice cover. The objective of this study is to show how it is possible to improve the results obtained by a traditional rating curve using the validated measurements of the Acoustic Doppler Velocity Meter (ADVM) of the Argonaut SW (shallow water) Doppler obtained in continuous, in the presence of ice sheet. The proposed methodology consists in filtering and validating the height measurements provided by the standard gauge as well as the speed and height the measurements provided by the Doppler SW. The validated measurements are then split into two parts: The first part is used for the calibration of a double rating curve that links the series of validated levels obtained by the standard limnimeter, to the flow obtained from the Doppler SW. The second part is used to evaluate the capacity of the double rating curve obtained during the calibration, and to estimate the flow measured by the Doppler SW. The double rating curve thus calibrated reproduces the flow measured by the Doppler SW with an average deviation of 5.03%. In the presence of ice cover, this average difference is 7.68%. These results show the interest of a combined use of the Doppler SW and the double rating curve, for monitoring river flows under ice cover. The Doppler SW makes data available, necessary to calibrate a reliable rating curve, based on a wide range of flow variations covering the winter period.
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