Stochastic sediment-Vegetation dynamics in an Alpine braided river

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 266-274

  Perona, P ^a   Molnar, P ^a   Savina, M ^a   Burlando, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flood plain processes; River vegetation interactions; Sediment dynamics; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; BRAIDED RIVERS; CONTINUOUS-TIME; DISTURBANCE REGIMES; FLOOD EVENTS; FLOOD PLAIN PROCESSES; GRAVEL-BED RIVERS; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MASTER MODELS; MASTER SLAVES; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELLING; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RIPARIAN VEGETATIONS; RIVER BEDS; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC MODELLING; SWITZERLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION MODELS;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; GRAVEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

BAR; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FLOODPLAIN; GRAVEL; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER BED; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAGGIA RIVER; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 62749151878     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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