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Field calibration of optical sensors for measuring suspended sediment concentration in the western Mediterranean

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dc.creator Palanques, Albert
dc.creator Puig, Pere
dc.creator Guillén, Jorge
dc.creator Durrieu de Madron, Xavier
dc.creator Nyffeler, F.
dc.date 2008-06-25T09:54:13Z
dc.date 2008-06-25T09:54:13Z
dc.date 2000
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:48:47Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:48:47Z
dc.identifier Scientia Marina 64(4): 427-435 (2000)
dc.identifier 0214-8358 (print edition)
dc.identifier 1886-8134 (online edition)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5306
dc.identifier 10.3989/scimar.2000.64n4427
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5306
dc.description Publicación online disponible en: http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php
dc.description The water turbidity measured with optical methods (transmittance and backscattering) is usually expressed as beam attenuation coefficient (BAC) or formazin turbidity units (FTU). The transformation of these units to volumetric suspended sediment concentration (SSC) units is not straightforward, and accurate calibrations are required in order to obtain valuable information on suspended sediment distributions and fluxes. In this paper, data from field calibrations between BAC, FTU and SSC are presented and "best-fit" calibration curves are shown. These calibrations represent an "average" from different marine environments of the western Mediterranean (from estuary to continental slope). However, the general curves can only be applied for descriptive or semi-quantitative purposes. Comparison of turbidity measurements using the same sensor with different calibration ranges shows the advantage of simultaneously combining two instruments calibrated in different ranges when significant changes in suspended sediment concentrations are expected.
dc.description Data used in this paper were collected during the projects: FANS (MAS3-CT95-0037), CONCENTRA (AMB92-0251-C02-01), FLUXALB (MAR96 -1781-CO2-01), IMPACT (CEE. REF. 95/52), METRO-MED (MAS3-CT96-0049), PNEC and CAÑONES (MAR1999-1060-C03-01).
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.format 466478 bytes
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64n4427
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Sediment concentration
dc.subject Field calibrations
dc.subject NW Mediterranean
dc.title Field calibration of optical sensors for measuring suspended sediment concentration in the western Mediterranean
dc.type Artículo


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