Amazon flood wave hydraulics

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 374, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 92-105

  Trigg, Mark A ^a   Wilson, Matthew D ^b   Bates, Paul D ^a   Horritt, Matthew S ^c   Alsdorf, Douglas E ^d   Forsberg, Bruce R ^e   Vega, Maria C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon flood wave; Bathymetric data; Hydraulic characterisation; Hydrodynamic modelling; River channels

Indexed keywords

AMAZON FLOOD WAVE; AMAZON RIVER; ANNUAL AMPLITUDE; BATHYMETRIC DATA; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BED SLOPE; CHANNEL AREA; CHANNEL MODEL; CROSS SECTION; FLOOD WAVES; HEC-RAS; HIGH WATER; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; RIVER CHANNELS; WATER ELEVATION; WATER SURFACE;

FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DATA ACQUISITION; DISCHARGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD WAVE; GAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER CHANNEL; SURVEYING; WATER LEVEL; WATER WAVE;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650493006     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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