Channel-reach morphology dependence on energy, scale, and hydroclimatic processes with implications for prediction using geospatial data

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Flores, Alejandro N ^a,b   Bledsoe, Brian P ^b   Cuhaciyan, Christopher O ^b   Wohl, Ellen E ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CHANNEL-REACH MORPHOLOGY; GEOSPATIAL DATA; HYDROCLIMATIC PROCESSES; STREAM POWER INDEX;

HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CHANNELIZATION; DRAINAGE; ENERGY BUDGET; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKEWNESS; STREAMFLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746587719     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004226     Document Type: Article

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