Improved bankfull discharge prediction using 2-year recurrence-period discharge

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Wilkerson, Gregory V ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Bankfull discharge; Flooding; Geomorphology; Hydraulic geometry; Restoration; Rivers streams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BANKFULL DISCHARGE; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; RIVERS/STREAMS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

AGRICULTURE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DISCHARGE; FLOODING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

EID: 42049107746     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2007.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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