Application of ADCPS for long-term sediment transport monitoring in arctic environments - Examples from the Laptev Sea

Proceedings of the International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering - OMAE

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Wegner, Carolyn ^a   Hölemann, Jens A ^b   Klagge, Torben ^a   Timokhov, Leonid ^c   Kassens, Heidemarie ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter; Optical backscatter; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTERS; BACKSCATTERED SIGNALS; OPTICAL BACKSCATTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER (SPM);

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BACKSCATTERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 33751352044     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2006-92551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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