Calibration of turbidity meter and acoustic doppler velocimetry (Triton-ADV) for sediment types present in drained peatland headwaters: Focus on particulate organic peat

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1019-1035

  Marttila, Hannu ^a   Postila, Heini ^a   Kløve, Bjørn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acoustic doppler velocimetry; Calibration; Clay; Measuring error; Particulate organic peat; Silt; Suspended solids; Turbidity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CALIBRATION; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SILT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY;

EID: 78650454818     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1304     Document Type: Article

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