Combined GIS and ROV technologies improve characterization of water quality in Coastal Rivers of the Gulf of Mexico

MTS/IEEE Biloxi - Marine Technology for Our Future: Global and Local Challenges, OCEANS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Casper, A F ^a,b   Steimle, E T ^a,c   Hall, M L ^c   Dixon, B ^a,b  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Aeos (Applied Environmental and Ocean Sciences)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS; AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES; CHROMOPHORIC DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DATA COLLECTION; EXISTING METHOD; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; GEOSPATIAL TECHNIQUES; GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUNDWATER PLUMES; GULF OF MEXICO; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; IN-SITU; NON-POINT SOURCE; PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY; SPACE AND TIME; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYSTEMATIC SAMPLING;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; MARINE ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; PORPHYRINS; RIVERS; SENSOR ARRAYS; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY; TURBIDITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 77951586576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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