Using turbidity and acoustic backscatter intensity as surrogate measures of suspended sediment concentration in a small subtropical estuary

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1406-1416

  Chanson, Hubert ^a   Takeuchi, Maiko ^a   Trevethan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter intensity; High frequency suspended sediment flux; Subtropical estuary; Suspended sediment concentration SSC; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; ESTUARIES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; TROPICS; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; BACKSCATTER INTENSITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; SUB-TROPICAL ESTUARY; SURROGATE MEASURES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION SSC; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT FLUX; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS CONCENTRATION;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

WATER;

BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ESTUARY; FLUX MEASUREMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; EBB TIDE; ESTUARY; FLOOD TIDE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 47249111777     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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