Evaluation of pressure transducers under turbid natural waters

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1150-1155

  Joseph, Antony ^a   Desa, Ehrlich ^a   Desa, Elgar ^a   Smith, David ^b   Peshwe, Vani B ^a   Vijaykumar, ^a   Desa, J A Erwin ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c GOA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; PRESSURE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 0033404497     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<1150:EOPTUT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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