Modern comprehensive approach to monitor the morphodynamic evolution of a restored river corridor

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1197-1212

  Pasquale, N ^a   Perona, P ^a,b   Schneider, P ^c   Shrestha, J ^d   Wombacher, A ^e   Burlando, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC MODELING; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; MUTUAL INTERACTION; RESEARCH GROUPS; RIVER CORRIDOR; RIVER MORPHODYNAMICS; RIVER RESTORATION; SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS; SWITZERLAND; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MONITORING; RIVERS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

RESTORATION;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DATABASE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INSTALLATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; MORPHODYNAMICS; PIONEER SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

SWITZERLAND; THUR RIVER [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 79954428235     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-1197-2011     Document Type: Article

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