Nonlinearity and complexity in gravel bed dynamics

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 967-975

  Singh, Arvind ^a   Lanzoni, Stefano ^b   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bedforms; Complexity; Diffusion; Finite size Lyapunov exponent (FSLE); Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

BEDFORMS; COLLECTIVE MOTIONS; COMPLEXITY; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; DEGREE OF NON-LINEARITY; DIFFERENT SIZES; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; FINITE SIZE LYAPUNOV EXPONENT (FSLE); FINITE-SIZE LYAPUNOV EXPONENTS; GRAVEL BED; MODEL FORMULATION; NONLINEARITY; PHASE SPACES; RIVER BED; SERIES ANALYSIS; SONAR TRANSDUCERS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE; UNDERLYING DYNAMICS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; GRAVEL; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

DYNAMICS;

BEDFORM; COMPLEXITY; DIFFUSION; GRAVEL BED STREAM; NONLINEARITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURROGATE METHOD; TURBULENCE;

EID: 70349755815     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-008-0269-8     Document Type: Article

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