Use of thermal infrared imagery to complement monitoring and modeling of spatial stream temperatures

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1080-1090

  Cristea, Nicoleta C ^a   Burges, Stephen J ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Monitoring; Network design; Rivers; Streams; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DATA SETS; HEAD WATERS; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MAXIMUM LOAD; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; NETWORK DESIGN; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STREAM TEMPERATURES; STREAMS; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THERMAL HETEROGENEITY; THERMAL INFRARED; THERMAL INFRARED IMAGERY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

IMAGE PROCESSING; MONITORING; PIXELS;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; INFRARED IMAGERY; MONITORING SYSTEM; NETWORK DESIGN; PIXEL; STREAM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 70349527675     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000072     Document Type: Article

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