Numerical modeling of river flow for ecohydraulic applications: Some experiences with velocity characterization in field and simulated data

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1033-1041

  Clifford, N J ^a   Wright, N G ^b   Harvey, G ^c   Gurnell, A M ^c   Harmar, O P ^d   Soar, P J ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecohydraulics; Mesoscale physical habitat; Numerical flow simulation

Indexed keywords

BED FORMS; DESIGN TOOL; ECOHYDRAULICS; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; IN-FIELD; MESOSCALE; MULTIBLOCKS; NUMERICAL FLOW SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SIMULATED DATA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ASSESSMENT TOOL; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING;

ECOSYSTEMS; FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; FLOW SIMULATION;

FLOW SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELS;

ECOHYDROLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; FLOW STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78349250110     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000057     Document Type: Article

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