Field measurements of ice-jam-release surges

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 699-711

  Beltaos, Spyros ^a   Burrell, Brian C ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b New Brunswick Department of the Environment   (Canada)

^c RV Anderson Associates Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breakup; Celerity; Ice jam; Release; River; Surge; Wave

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW MEASUREMENT; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WATER LEVELS; WATER WAVES;

CELERITY; ICE BREAKUP; ICE JAM;

SURGES (FLUID);

ICE LOAD; RIVER ICE; SURGE;

EID: 27344436087     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l05-020     Document Type: Article

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