Tracking stormwater discharge plumes and water quality of the Tijuana River with multispectral aerial imagery

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-398

  Svejkovsky, Jan ^a   Nezlin, Nikolay P ^b   Mustain, Neomi M ^a   Kum, Jamie B ^a  

^a Ocean Imaging   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

32 30 32 35 N, 117 15 117 05 W; aerial surveys; remote sensing; river plumes; USA, California, Tijuana River; water quality

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BACTERIUM; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER PLUME; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; TIJUANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77950060017     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.01.022     Document Type: Article

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