Upscaling river biomass using dimensional analysis and hydrogeomorphic scaling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Power, Mary E ^c   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^a   Hondzo, Miki ^a   Dietrich, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; SCALING LAWS;

DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; STREAMFLOW SCALING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIOMASS; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW; UPSCALING;

NOSTOC;

EID: 39549112523     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031931     Document Type: Article

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