Predictability of river flow and suspended sediment transport in the Mississippi River basin: A non-linear deterministic approach

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-677

  Sivakumar, Bellie ^a   Wallender, Wesley W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Local approximation; Mississippi River; Non linear determinism; Phase space; Predictability; Suspended sediment concentration; Suspended sediment load

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

RIVER BASINS; RIVER FLOW; WATER DEMANDS; WATER DISCHARGE;

CATCHMENTS;

PREDICTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21344444108     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1167     Document Type: Article

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