Monitoring thermal pollution in rivers downstream of dams with Landsat ETM+ thermal infrared images

Dams play a significant role in altering the spatial pattern of temperature in rivers and contribute to thermal pollution, which greatly affects the river aquatic ecosystems. Understanding the temporal and spatial variation of thermal pollution caused by dams is important to prevent or mitigate its...

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Main Authors: Ling, Feng, Foody, Giles, Du, Hao, Ban, Xuan, Li, Xiaodong, Zhang, Yihang, Du, Yun
Format: Article
Published: MDPI 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48268/