Temporal downscaling of decadal sediment load estimates to a daily interval for use in hindcast simulations

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 349, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 512-523

  Ganju, Neil K ^a   Knowles, Noah ^b   Schoellhamer, David H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downscaling; Hydrograph analogues; Morphological hydrograph; Sediment loads

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DOWNSCALING; HYDROGRAPH ANALOGUES; MORPHOLOGICAL HYDROGRAPH; SEDIMENT LOADS;

SEDIMENTS;

BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; SEDIMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BATHYMETRY; CALIBRATION; DEBRIS FLOW; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DOWNSCALING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HINDCASTING; HYDROGRAPH; MINE WASTE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIME SERIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO DELTA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349052789     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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