Estimation of suspended sediment concentrations using Terra MODIS: An example from the Lower Yangtze River, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1131-1138

  Wang, J J ^a   Lu, X X ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Satellite remote sensing; Suspended sediment concentration (SSC) retrieval; Terra MODIS image; The Yangtze River; Turbid water

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TERRA-MODIS; TURBID WATER; YANGTZE RIVER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESTIMATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SPECTROMETERS;

RIVERS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; REFLECTOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CHINA; DATONG; JIANGXI; JIUJIANG; SHANXI; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 73149118918     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.11.057     Document Type: Article

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