Hydraulic geometry of secondary channels of lower Fraser River, British Columbia, from acoustic Doppler profiling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Ellis, Erica R ^a   Church, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DOPPLER EFFECT; HYDRAULICS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

DATA COLLECTION; DOPPLER PROFILERS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY;

RIVERS;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 25844461317     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003777     Document Type: Article

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