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Monitoring coastal water properties and current circulation with ERTS-1Imagery and digital tapes from nine successful ERTS-1 passes over Delaware Bay during different portions of the tidal cycle have been analyzed with special emphasis on turbidity, current circulation, waste disposal plumes and convergent boundaries between different water masses. ERTS-1 image radiance correlated well with Secchi depth and suspended sediment concentration. Circulation patterns observed by ERTS-1 during different parts of the tidal cycle, agreed well with predicted and measured currents throughout Delaware Bay. Convergent shear boundaries between different water masses were observed from ERTS-1. In several ERTS-1 frames, waste disposal plumes have been detected 36 miles off Delaware's Atlantic coast. The ERTS-1 results are being used to extend and verify hydrodynamic models of the bay, developed for predicting oil slick movement and estimating sediment transport.
Document ID
19740022684
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Klemas, V.
(Delaware Univ. Newark, DE, United States)
Otley, M.
(Delaware Univ. Newark, DE, United States)
Wethe, C.
(Delaware Univ. Newark, DE, United States)
Rogers, R.
(Bendix Corp. Ann Arbor, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1974
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center 3d ERTS-1 Symp., Vol. 1, Sect. B
Subject Category
Geophysics
Report/Patent Number
PAPER-M6
Accession Number
74N30797
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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