Hydraulic model calibration for extreme floods in bedrock-confined channels: Case study from northern Thailand

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-344

  Kidson, Renee L ^a,b   Richards, K S ^c   Carling, P A ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NSW Department of Infrastructure Planning and Natural Resources   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood frequency analysis; Hydraulic model; Manning's n; Palaeoflood

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHANNEL FLOW; CONFINED FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BEDROCK CONFINED CHANNELS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FLOW RESISTANCE; PALAEOFLOOD RECONSTRUCTIONS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHANNEL FLOW; CONFINED FLOW; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION; FLOOD; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PALEOFLOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 33644501781     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6086     Document Type: Article

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