Monitoring suspended solids in narrow surface streams using portable radiometer

Author

Tripathi, Nitin Kumar ; Venkobachar, C. ; Kumar, Manish

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kanpur, India

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

703

Abstract

While sophisticated remote sensing techniques are available for monitoring the water quality of large water bodies, no such system is available for narrow and small rivers. This investigation was hence directed to assess the feasibility of using equipment manufactured in India [Multiband Ground Truth Radiometer (MGTR)] for monitoring the suspended solids present in the sluggish and narrow river Pandu at Kanpur. Of several models proposed to monitor the suspended solids, the one which used derivative spectral reflectance of MGTR appeared to be most accurate

Keywords

hydrological techniques; rivers; sedimentation; turbidimetry; turbidity; water pollution detection and control; India; Kanpur; MGTR; Multiband Ground Truth Radiometer; Pandu; monitoring; narrow surface stream; optical remote sensing; portable radiometer; river; sediment suspension; suspended solid; turbibidity; turbidimetry; visible; water pollution measurement technique; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Radiometry; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Rivers; Satellites; Sediments; Solids; Water pollution; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322238

Filename

322238