A new method for estimating suspended sediment concentrations and deposition rates from satellite imagery based on the physics of plumes

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1198-1222

  Peckham, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic solutions; Coriolis effect; Eddy viscosity; Satellite image; Sediment plume; Turbulent jet

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; PHYSICS; RIVER POLLUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITES; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STANDARDS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (MIN ,MAX ,+) FUNCTIONS; AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTS; CENTER LINES; MULTI BANDS; NEAR-SHORE; NEW METHODS; PARTICLE MIXTURES; REMOTELY SENSED (RS) IMAGES; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SEDIMENT PLUMES; SPECTRAL SIGNATURES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS (SSCS);

SEDIMENTS;

ALGORITHM; CORIOLIS FORCE; DEPOSITION; EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; PLUME; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 47749112830     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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