Coherent flow structures in a depth-limited flow over a gravel surface: The role of near-bed turbulence and influence of Reynolds number

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hardy, Richard J ^a   Best, James L ^b   Lane, Stuart N ^a   Carbonneau, Patrice E ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BED ROUGHNESS; FLOW FIELD; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; WAKE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349484004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JF000970     Document Type: Article

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