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Overview of Remote Sensing and GIS Uses in Watershed and TMDL Analyses

Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 24, Issue 4

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Volume 24Issue 4April 2019

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Received: Oct 16, 2017
Accepted: Aug 16, 2018
Published online: Jan 21, 2019
Published in print: Apr 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Jun 21, 2019

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Nigel W. T. Quinn, Ph.D., F.ASCE [email protected]
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Research Group Leader, Hydro-Ecological Engineering Advanced Decision Support, Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd. Bldg., 64-209, Berkeley, CA 94720 (corresponding author). Email: [email protected]
Saurav Kumar, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968.
Sanaz Imen, Ph.D.
Civil Engineer, Stantec Engineering Services Company, One Biscayne Tower Suite 1670, 2 South Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33134.

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