Real-time hydraulic and hydrodynamic model of the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit river system

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 507-518

  Anderson, Eric J ^a   Schwab, David J ^a   Lang, Gregory A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Great lakes; Hydraulic models; Hydrodynamics; River systems

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; CHANNEL CURRENTS; COMBINED SYSTEM; DETROIT; DETROIT RIVER; DRINKING WATER; GREAT LAKES; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LAKE ERIE; LAKE HURONS; MEAN CURRENTS; MICHIGAN; MODEL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; REAL-TIME PREDICTION; RIVER SYSTEMS; SHIPPING CHANNELS;

FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; HYDRODYNAMICS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NOWCASTING; RIVER SYSTEM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL;

DETROIT RIVER; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SAINT CLAIR; SAINT CLAIR RIVER;

EID: 77955590853     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000203     Document Type: Article

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