An observation-based stochastic model for sediment and vegetation dynamics in the floodplain of an Alpine braided river

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Perona, P ^a   Molnar, P ^a   Savina, M ^a   Burlando, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ALPINE RIVERS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BRAIDED RIVER; COLONIZATION PROCESS; DISTURBANCE REGIME; FLOOD PLAINS; PROCESS EQUATION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIVER BED; SEDIMENT SURFACE; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; STOCHASTIC NATURE; SWITZERLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); DYNAMICS; FLOODS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POISSON EQUATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

RIVERS;

BRAIDED RIVER; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EROSION; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MAGGIA RIVER; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 70449525293     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007550     Document Type: Article

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