Using ADV backscatter strength for measuring suspended cohesive sediment concentration

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1310-1316

  Ha, H K ^a   Hsu, W Y ^b   Maa, J P Y ^a   Shao, Y Y ^c   Holland, C W ^d  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADV; Backscatter strength; Cohesive sediment; Suspended sediment concentration

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; COHESION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

EID: 67349182146     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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