Simulating the hydrology and mouth conditions of small, temporarily closed/open estuaries

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-132

  Smakhtin, Vladimir U ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Daily reservoir model; Daily streamflow time series; Estruary mouth; Flow duration curve; Temporarily closed open estuaries

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COASTAL LAGOON; ESTUARY; HYDROLOGY; INFLOW;

EID: 16544369283     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0123:STHAMC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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