Estimating depth-averaged velocities in rough channels

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-173

  Byrd, Tracy C ^a   Furbish, David Jon ^a   Warburton, Jeff ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Form drag; North Boulder Creek; Riemann average; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG; ROUGHNESS; VELOCITY PROFILE;

BED ROUGHNESS; CHANNEL FLOW; DRAG; ESTIMATION METHOD; VELOCITY PROFILE;

COLORADO; NORTH BOULDER CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034028852     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(200002)25:2<167::AID-ESP66>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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