Flow and mixing dynamics in a patterned wetland: Kilometer-scale tracer releases in the Everglades

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Variano, Evan A ^a,b   Ho, David T ^a,c   Engel, Victor C ^d   Schmieder, Paul J ^a   Reid, Matthew C ^a,e  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Everglades National Park   (United States)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; DISPERSION RATE; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; FLOW DIRECTION; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; MIXING DYNAMICS; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; SPATIAL SCALE; SURFACE WATER FLOWS; VEGETATION PATTERN;

PHOSPHORUS; SULFUR; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DISPERSIONS;

ADVECTION; BIOACTIVITY; DISPERSION; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATTERNED GROUND; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATER; TRACER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349778644     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007216     Document Type: Article

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