Reduced-complexity flow routing models for sinuous single-thread channels: Intercomparison with a physically-based shallow-water equation model

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-653

  Nicholas, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow routing; Reduced complexity model; River hydraulics; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BED SLOPE; FLOW ROUTING; FLOW ROUTING SCHEMES; FLUVIAL PROCESS; INTERCOMPARISON; NATURAL RIVER; PARAMETERIZATIONS; REDUCED-COMPLEXITY; REDUCED-COMPLEXITY MODEL; RIVER HYDRAULICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CAPACITY; SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SIMPLE RULES; UNIT DISCHARGE; UNIT STREAM POWER;

EROSION; HYDRAULICS; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; ROUTING PROTOCOLS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

RIVERS;

CHANNEL FLOW; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOW MODELING; RIVER; RIVER FLOW; ROUTING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION;

EID: 66149158573     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1761     Document Type: Article

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