SAM: Sediment Accumulation Monitor

SAMThis is a software program designed to simplify the processing and display of data relating to sediment accumulation surveys.

Tools for sediment analysis:

  • Visualization Tools
    • Overlay data against image of survey area
    • Graph data for analyzing trends over time
  • Min/Max sediment tracking
  • Min/Max accumulation rate tracking
  • Data tiling
  • Averaging of data over entire data set or on a tiled basis
  • Automatic data archiving
  • Automatic alarm levels

Data is used by the SAM software to provide critical information to determine sediment levels, rate of increase, and historical data analysis over the area covered.

  • User friendly interface
  • Data modification protected by security password, but can be viewed without password.
  • Hyrdrographic data file input