Examining Material Transport in Dynamic Coastal Environments: An Integrated Approach Using Field Data, Remote Sensing and Numerical Modeling

Coastal Research Library

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 333-364

  Miller, Richard L ^a   López, Ramón ^a   Mulligan, Ryan P ^b   Reed, Robert E ^c   Liu, Cheng Chien ^d   Buonassissi, Christopher J ^a   Brown, Matthew M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colored Dissolve Organic Matter; Neuse River Estuary; Ocean Color; Total Suspended Mater; Tropical Storm

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030242326     PISSN: 22110577     EISSN: 22110585     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06326-3_14     Document Type: Chapter

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