Description of a flume channel profilometry tool using laser line scans

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-501

  Michael, Friedrichs ^a   Gerhard, Graf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos; Sediment transport; Topography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CHANNEL; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUME EXPERIMENT; LASER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 33847306523     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-004-8057-0     Document Type: Article

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