Vegetation impacts on near bank flow

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 404-418

  Hopkinson, Leslie ^a   Wynn, Theresa ^a  

^a Virginia Tech ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Reynolds stress; Streambank erosion; Streambank vegetation; Turbulence intensities; Turbulent kinetic energy; Vegetated flow

Indexed keywords

REYNOLDS STRESS; STREAM BANKS; STREAMBANK EROSION; STREAMBANK VEGETATION; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

BANK PROTECTION; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRAULICS; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EROSION; GRASS; KINETIC ENERGY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; REMEDIATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVER BANK; SHEAR STRESS; SHRUB; TREE; TURBULENCE; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 77949700554     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.87     Document Type: Article

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