A study of sediment transport in a shallow estuary using MODIS imagery and particle tracking simulation

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6653-6671

  Zhao, Haihong ^a   Chen, Qin ^a   Walker, Nan D ^b   Zheng, Quanan ^c   Macintyre, Hugh L ^d,e  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

EXPONENTIAL REGRESSION; PARTICLE TRACKING; RESOLUTION IMAGING; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SHALLOW ESTUARY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTUARY; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 82055181924     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2010.512938     Document Type: Article

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