Coupling hydrodynamic modeling and empirical measures of bed mobility to predict the risk of scour and fill of salmon redds in a large regulated river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  May, Christine L ^c   Pryor, Bonnie ^d   Lisle, Thomas E ^b   Lang, Margaret ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jeff Anderson and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL CORE; CLOSE PROXIMITY; EMPIRICAL DATA; EMPIRICAL MEASURE; FLOW STRENGTH; HIGH-FLOW EVENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; NUMERICAL FLOW; REGULATED RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SHALLOW AREAS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPECIFIC AREAS; STREAM BANKS; STREAMBED;

FLUID DYNAMICS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

EROSION;

COUPLING; FLOOD; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; RIVER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALMONID; SCOUR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; SPAWNING; STREAM BED;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TRINITY RIVER [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650472214     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006498     Document Type: Article

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