Mapping spatial distributions and uncertainty of water and sediment flux in a large gravel bed river reach using an acoustic Doppler current profiler

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Rennie, Colin D ^a   Church, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BEDLOAD; EROSION; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; INTERPOLATION; RIVER BED; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THALWEG; TURBULENT FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

EID: 77957595675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001556     Document Type: Article

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