Insights for the structure of a reservoir turbidity model from monitoring and process studies

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-86

  Effler, Steven W ^a   O'Donnell, David M ^a   Matthews, David A ^a   Perkins, Marygail ^a   O'Donnell, Susan M ^a   Gelda, Rakesh K ^a   Prestigiacomo, Anthony R ^a   Peng, Feng ^a   Smith, David G ^b   Bader, Andrew P ^b   Mayfield, James D ^b  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

density current; interflow; light scattering; modeling; particles; runoff events; settling velocity; tracer; turbidity; underflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 64749103194     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438140809354052     Document Type: Article

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