Variability in roughness measurements for vegetated rivers near base flow, in England and Scotland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 385, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 361-370

  O'Hare, Matthew T ^a   McGahey, Caroline ^b   Bissett, Nicola ^a   Cailes, Claire ^a   Henville, Paul ^a   Scarlett, Peter ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biometric; Conveyance; Macrophyte; Roughness

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; AQUATIC PLANTS; AQUATIC VEGETATION; BASEFLOWS; CONVEYANCE; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DISCHARGE CAPACITIES; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENGLAND; ERROR REDUCTION; GROWING CONDITIONS; GROWING SEASON; IN-CHANNELS; MACROPHYTES; NATURAL VARIABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; RIVER SYSTEMS; ROUGHNESS MEASURE; SCOTLAND; STANDARD ERRORS; VEGETATED CHANNELS; VEGETATED RIVERS;

AQUACULTURE; BIOMETRICS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS;

RIVERS;

BASEFLOW; BIOMETRY; DICOTYLEDON; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; INFLOW; MACROPHYTE; RIVER SYSTEM; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE; WATER LEVEL;

ENGLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; SPARGANIUM ANDROCLADUM; SPARGANIUM ERECTUM;

EID: 77950948550     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.036     Document Type: Article

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