Modelling the flow regime of an arid zone floodplain river, Diamantina River, Australia

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 693-703

  Costelloe, J F ^a   Grayson, R B ^a   Argent, R M ^a   McMahon, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Ephemeral river; Flow routing; Transmission loss

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALGORITHMS; ARID REGIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EVAPORATION; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; RIVERS;

FLOODPLAINS;

STREAM FLOW;

ARID REGION; EPHEMERAL STREAM; FLOOD ROUTING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; STREAMFLOW; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

AUSTRALIA; DIAMANTINA RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0141648660     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(03)00071-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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