The impact of a convectional summer rainfall event on river flow and fine sediment transport in a highly urbanised catchment: Bradford, West Yorkshire

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 314-316, Issue , 2003, Pages 495-512

  Old, Gareth H ^a   Leeks, Graham J L ^a   Packman, John C ^a   Smith, Barnaby P G ^a   Lewis, Scott ^a,b   Hewitt, Edward J ^a   Holmes, Matthew ^a   Young, Andy ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MWH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bradford; Combined sewer overflows; Continuous monitoring; Hazard; River Aire; Suspended sediment; Turbidity; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

URBAN FLUX;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

RAIN; RIVER WATER;

HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; URBANIZATION;

CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECORDING; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUMMER; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

BRADFORD; ENGLAND (WEST YORKSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141783983     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00070-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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