Impact of sound attenuation by suspended sediment on ADCP backscatter calibrations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Sassi, M G ^a   Hoitink, A J F ^a,b   Vermeulen, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ACOUSTIC RESPONSE; ATTENUATION CONSTANTS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS CONCENTRATION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PER UNIT; SIMPLE APPROACH; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOUND ATTENUATION; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION; SUSPENDED MASS; SUSPENDED MATTERS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TARGET VOLUMES; WATER SAMPLES;

BACKSCATTERING;

CALIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BACKSCATTER; CALIBRATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

EAST KALIMANTAN; INDONESIA; MAHAKAM RIVER;

EID: 84866666325     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012008     Document Type: Article

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