Integrated echo sounder, GPS, and GIS for reservoir sedimentation studies: Examples from two Arkansas Lakes

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 981-997

  Odhiambo, Ben K ^a   Boss, Stephen K ^b  

^a HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Echo sounding; Geographic Information System; Reservoir; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOPHYSICS; LAKES; LAND USE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

INTEGRATED ECHO SOUNDERS; SEDIMENT FLUX; UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION (USLE);

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

BATHYMETRY; ECHO SOUNDING; GIS; GPS; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544383232     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01061.x     Document Type: Review

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