Critical perspectives on the evaluation and optimization of complex numerical models of estuary hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-189

  French, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohesive sediments; Model validation; Performance statistics; Tidal hydrodynamics; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM FRICTION; COHESIVE SEDIMENTS; DIRECT OBSERVATION; ESTUARINE PROCESS; FINE SEDIMENTS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MODEL EFFICIENCY; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PERFORMANCE STATISTICS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTIVE POWER; SEDIMENT DYNAMIC; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; SHALLOW WATERS; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; TIDAL ESTUARY; TIDAL HYDRODYNAMICS; TIDAL PROPAGATION; WEAK MODELS;

COMPLEXATION; ERRORS; ESTUARIES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COHESIVE SEDIMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL CONSTITUENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649109643     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1899     Document Type: Article

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