Impacts of hurricanes on surface water flow within a wetland

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 392, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 164-173

  Deng, Yang ^a   Solo Gabriele Helena M , H M ^b   Laas, Michael ^b   Leonard, Lynn ^c   Childers, Daniel L ^d,e   He, Guoqing ^b,f   Engel, Victor ^g  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane; Water velocity; Wetland; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

DIRECT IMPACT; EMERGENT VEGETATION; FLORIDA EVERGLADES; FLOW DIRECTION; FLOW SPEED; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS; KATRINA; RAINFALL CONDITION; SURFACE WATER FLOWS; TIME-SCALES; WATER ELEVATION; WATER VELOCITIES; WATER VELOCITY; WIND CHARACTERISTICS; WIND SPEED; WIND VELOCITY;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; RAIN; TREES (MATHEMATICS); VELOCITY; WETLANDS;

HURRICANES;

HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; HURRICANE WILMA 2005; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED; WETLAND; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BURSERA SIMARUBA;

EID: 77957018616     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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