Suspended sediment concentrations estimate in highly turbid rivers: A field spectral survey

Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-417

  Wang, Jian Jun ^a   Lu, Xi Xi ^b,c   Zhou, Yue ^b   Liew, Soo Chin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; LARGE ASIAN RIVERS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SEDIMENT MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84916617116     PISSN: 2150704X     EISSN: 21507058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2012.743689     Document Type: Article

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