Surrogate Technologies for Monitoring Suspended-Sediment Transport in Rivers

Sedimentology of Aqueous Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3-45

  Gray, John R ^a   Gartner, Jeffrey W ^a   Anderson, Chauncey W ^a   Fisk, Gregory G ^a   Glysson, G Douglas ^a   Gooding, Daniel J ^a   Hornewer, Nancy J ^a   Larsen, Matthew C ^a   Macy, Jamie P ^a   Rasmussen, Patrick P ^a   Wright, Scott A ^a   Ziegler, Andrew C ^a  

^a United States Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

Surrogate technology efficiency enhancing factors cost, accuracy; Suspended sediment surrogate monitoring bulk optics; Suspended sediment surrogate technology, in rivers; Traditional suspended sediment sampling techniques; USGS US Geological Survey; USGS operational suspended sediment monitoring programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886080645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444317114.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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