Stochastic model of the width function

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1143-1157

  Veneziano, Daniele ^a   Moglen, Glenn E ^b   Furcolo, Pierluigi ^a,c   Iacobellis, Vito ^a,d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; GEOMETRY; RIVER CHANNEL; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

EID: 0034112582     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900002     Document Type: Article

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