GeoTools: A toolkit for fluvial system analysis

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 757-772

  Bledsoe, Brian P ^a   Brown, Michael C ^a   Raff, David A ^b  

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

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Environmental indicators; Fluvial processes; Geomorphology; Planning; Restoration; Sediment transport; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHANNEL STABILITY INDICES; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FLUVIAL PROCESSES;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CHANNEL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOW REGULATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34347390863     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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