A simple method for calibrating optical backscatter sensors in high concentrations of non-cohesive sediments

Marine Geology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 419-424

  Butt, Tony ^a   Miles, Jon ^a   Ganderton, Peter ^a   Russell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical backscatter sensor; Settling velocity; Suspended sediment; Swash zone

Indexed keywords

HOMOGENEOUS SUSPENSION;

CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; GLYCEROL; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; METHODOLOGY; SAND; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0037203332     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00594-7     Document Type: Article

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