Downstream hydraulic geometry and hydraulic similitude

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Griffiths, George A ^a  

^a Environment Canterbury New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Channel; Hydraulics; River; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH INDICATORS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULICS; SLOPE STABILITY; STREAM FLOW; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HYDRAULIC SIMILITUDE; SCALING RELATIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SCALE EFFECT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; SCALE EFFECT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 17044448342     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001485     Document Type: Article

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