Estimating the suspended sediment loads of rivers in the LOIS study area using infrequent samples

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1035-1050

  Phillips, J M ^a   Webb, B W ^a   Walling, D E ^a   Leeks, G J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Flux; Load estimate; Precision; Suspended sediment

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; INTERPOLATION; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

SEDIMENT FLUXES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0032812181     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199905)13:7<1035::AID-HYP788>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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