Estimating suspended sediment concentration using turbidity in an irrigation-dominated Southeastern California watershed

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 250-259

  Gao, Peng ^a   Pasternack, Gregory B ^b   Bali, Khaled M ^c   Wallender, Wesley W ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; California; Particle distribution; Suspended sediments; Turbidity; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

IRRIGATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY; WATERSHEDS;

CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; IRRIGATION; PARTICLE SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749090048     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9437(2008)134:2(250)     Document Type: Article

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