Small is beautiful: Upscaling from microscale laminar to natural turbulent rivers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Malverti, L ^a   Lajeunesse, E ^a   Metivier F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; LAMINAR FLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 61849108158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000974     Document Type: Article

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