Estimating the suspended sediment load by using the historical hydrometric record from the Lanyang-Hsi watershed

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 401-414

  Kao, Shuh Ji ^a,b,c   Liu, Kon Kee ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lanyang Hsi river; Rating curve; Sediment load; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534180     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2001.12.2.401(O)     Document Type: Article

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