Satellite Estimates of Wide-Range Suspended Sediment Concentrations in Changjiang (Yangtze) Estuary Using MERIS Data

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1420-1429

  Shen, Fang ^a   Verhoef, Wouter ^b   Zhou, Yunxuan ^a   Salama, Mhd Suhyb ^b   Liu, Xiaoli ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Changjiang estuary; MERIS data; Semi empirical radiative transfer model; Suspended sediment concentration; Turbid waters

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MERIS; SATELLITE DATA; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 77957685097     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-010-9313-2     Document Type: Article

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