Converting near-bottom OBS measurements into suspended sediment concentrations

被引:11
作者
Xu, JP [1 ]
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[1] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,DEPT GEOG & ANTHROPOL,COASTAL MORPHODYNAM LAB,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
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10.1007/s003670050021
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P [天文学、地球科学];
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07 ;
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A method of estimating the mass proportion of nonhomogeneous sediment constituents in suspension is presented. This method provides a more accurate conversion of OBS measurements (volts) to suspended sediment concentrations (grains per liter). Given a set of calibration coefficients of end-members, the method allows one to obtain the spatially and temporally varying in situ coefficients that are used in the conversion. Field and/or laboratory experiments are needed to verify the method.
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