Cellular modelling of river catchments and reaches: Advantages, limitations and prospects

Geomorphology

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 192-207

  Coulthard, T J ^a   Hicks, D M ^b   Van De Wiel, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAESAR; Cellular models; Flow routing; Meandering; Sediment transport; Validation

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT MEANDERING; FLUVIAL PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER DEPTH;

AUSTRALASIA; CEREDIGION; EURASIA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TEIFI RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WAITAKI RIVER; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548191796     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.10.030     Document Type: Article

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