Using a fluctuating tracer to estimate hyporheic exchange in restored and unrestored reaches of the Truckee River, Nevada, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1119-1130

  Knust, Andrew E ^a   Warwick, John J ^b  

^a Kennedy/Jenks Consultants   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel restoration; Chloride tracer; Denitrification; DYNHYD5; Hyporheic activity; OTIS

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL RESTORATION; CHLORIDE TRACER; DYNHYD5; HYPORHEIC ACTIVITY; OTIS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DENITRIFICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RESTORATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; UNSTEADY FLOW; WATER EXCHANGE;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; RENO; SPARKS; TRUCKEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64049115160     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7218     Document Type: Article

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