Estimation of suspended sediment concentration from backscatter intensity of Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler;Estimation de la matière en suspension à partir de l'intensité rétrodiffusée des courantomètres acoustiques à effet Doppler (ADCP)

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-67

  Tessier, Caroline ^a   Le Hir, Pierre ^a   Lurton, Xavier ^a   Castaing, Patrice ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

ADCP; Backscatter; Coastal area; Mass concentration; Tide; Turbidity; Waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CALIBRATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDE; TRANSMISSION LOSS; TURBIDITY; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 38549099640     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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