Applying SPOT Images to Study the Colorado River Effects on the Upper Gulf of California †
<p>Study area location, Upper Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta (Baja California, Mexico). Tide stations used in this study were located in Golfo de Santa Clara, San Felipe and Puerto Peñasco coastal towns. The Biosphere Reserve and the Vaquita marina refuge polygons are depicted.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Upper Gulf of California (UGC) maps of turbidity for the year 2010 in (<b>a</b>) cold season, spring tide in flow; (<b>b</b>) cold season, neap tide in ebb flow; (<b>c</b>) cold season, neap tide in flow and (<b>d</b>) warm season, spring tide in flow. The Biosphere Reserve area and the Vaquita marina refuge polygons are depicted.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>UGC maps of turbidity for the year 2011 in (<b>a</b>) cold season, spring tide in flow; (<b>b</b>) cold season, neap tide in ebb flow; (<b>c</b>) cold season, neap tide in flow; (<b>d</b>) warm season, neap tide in flow; (<b>e</b>) warm season, neap tide in ebb flow and (<b>f</b>) warm season, spring tide in flow. The Biosphere Reserve area and the Vaquita marina refuge polygons are depicted.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>UGC maps of turbidity for the year 2012 in (<b>a</b>) cold season, spring tide in flow; (<b>b</b>) cold season, neap tide in flow; (<b>c</b>) cold season, neap tide in ebb flow and (<b>d</b>) warm season, spring tide in flow. The Biosphere Reserve area and the Vaquita marina refuge polygons are depicted.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Image Processing
- (1)
- Neap tide (during the first and third quarter moon, when the moon appears “half full”, the sun and moon are at right angles to each other; the bulge of the ocean caused by the sun partially cancels out the bulge of the ocean caused by the moon) in flow (slow and continuous rise of the waters) or ebb flow (slow and continuous descent of the waters)
- (2)
- Spring tide (new and full moon; the moon and sun are aligned and their effects are added) in flow or ebb flow
- (3)
- Season, warm or cold season.
3. Results and Discussion
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Aguilar-Maldonado, J.A.; Santamaría-del-Ángel, E.; Sebastiá-Frasquet, M.-T. Applying SPOT Images to Study the Colorado River Effects on the Upper Gulf of California. Proceedings 2018, 2, 182. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecws-2-04951
Aguilar-Maldonado JA, Santamaría-del-Ángel E, Sebastiá-Frasquet M-T. Applying SPOT Images to Study the Colorado River Effects on the Upper Gulf of California. Proceedings. 2018; 2(5):182. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecws-2-04951
Chicago/Turabian StyleAguilar-Maldonado, Jesús A., Eduardo Santamaría-del-Ángel, and María-Teresa Sebastiá-Frasquet. 2018. "Applying SPOT Images to Study the Colorado River Effects on the Upper Gulf of California" Proceedings 2, no. 5: 182. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecws-2-04951