Remote Sensing of Suspended Sediment Concentration and Hydrologic Connectivity in a Complex Wetland Environment

• Main Author: Long, Colleen McCormick.
• Other Authors: Pavelsky, Tamlin M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library 2012
• Subjects: Athabasca River; Canada; Peace-Athabasca Delta; Lake Athabasca
• Online Access: http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,4728

Maintaining the ecological diversity and hydrologic connectivity of freshwater delta systems depends on regular recharge of floodplains with river water, which can be difficult to observe on the ground. Rivers that form deltas often carry large amounts of suspended sediment, but floodplain lakes and...