Author : Douglas M. Pirie
Release : 1975
Genre : Coasts
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis California Coastal Processes Study, Skylab by : Douglas M. Pirie
Download or read book California Coastal Processes Study, Skylab written by Douglas M. Pirie. This book was released on 1975. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In San Pablo Bay, the patterns of dredged sediment discharges were plotted over a three month period. Skylab collected California coastal imagery at limited times and not at constant intervals. The S-192 data was reformatted; band by band image density stretching was utilized to enhance sediment discharge patterns entrainment, boundaries, and eddys. The 26 January 1974 Skylab 4 imagery of San Francisco Bay was taken during an exceptionally high fresh water and suspended sediment discharge period. A three pronged surface sediment pattern was visible where the Sacramento-San Joaquin Rivers entered San Pablo Bay through Carquinez Strait.