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N Values Index
N Values Index
The photographs and data linked to this page represent a wide range of channel
conditions found in the Western United States. Familiarity with the appearance,
geometry, and roughness characteristics of these channels will improve your ability to
select roughness coefficients for other channels. We will contiune to link descriptions
of additional sites to this page as verification data become available. (Text above
modified from USGS Water Supply Paper 1849, by H.H. Barnes, Jr.))
You can view data related to selected roughness coefficients by clicking on a site
name, or photo, below:
Photo
Manning's n-
Stream Photo 1 Photo 2
value
https://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/sws/fieldmethods/Indirects/nvalues/ 1/3
19/9/2018 n-values index
https://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/sws/fieldmethods/Indirects/nvalues/ 3/3