The use of retro- and scenario-modeling to assess effects of 100+ years river of engineering and land-cover change on Middle and Lower Mississippi River flood stages

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 376, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 403-416

  Remo, Jonathan W F ^a,b   Pinter, Nicholas ^a,b   Heine, Reuben ^c  

^a Environmental Resources and Policy Program   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flood stages; Hydraulic modeling; Mississippi River; Retro modeling; River engineering; Scenario modeling

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC MODELING; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; RETRO-MODELING; RIVER ENGINEERING; SCENARIO MODELING;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLOOD CONTROL; LEVEES; NAVIGATION;

RIVERS;

BED ROUGHNESS; COASTAL PROTECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BED; RIVER ENGINEERING; UNSTEADY FLOW;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70249085616     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.049     Document Type: Article

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