Optical water quality in rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Julian, J P ^a,b   Doyle, M W ^a   Powers, S M ^c   Stanley, E H ^c   Riggsbee, J A ^d,e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENDRIMERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SUN; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AND SCATTERINGS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BASE FLOWS; BEAM ATTENUATIONS; CHANNEL LENGTHS; CHANNEL NETWORKS; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FLUVIAL ENVIRONMENTS; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WATERS; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES; RECEIVING WATERS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; RIVER PLUMES; SPATIAL TRENDS; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; TEMPORAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; WATER CLARITIES; WATER CONSTITUENTS;

WATER RESOURCES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RIVER WATER; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

PYRUS;

EID: 55149103767     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006457     Document Type: Article

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