Remote sensing of suspended sediment concentration, flow velocity, and lake recharge in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada

• Main Authors: Pavelsky, T.M., Smith, L.C.
• Other Authors: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
• Subjects: flow velocity; lake water; concentration (composition); Alberta; sediment transport; flow pattern; floodplain; water temperature; recharge; near infrared; ASTER; SPOT; suspended sediment; Canada; delta; Peace-Athabasca Delta; turbidity; Athabasca River
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.17615/h3w9-cc79; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/w3763h32j?file=thumbnail; https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/w3763h32j

The transport of fine sediment, carried in suspension by water, is central to the hydrology, geomorphology, and ecological functioning of river floodplains and deltas. An extensive new field data set for the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), Canada quantifies robust positive relationships between in situ...