Calibration of floodplain roughness and estimation of flood discharge based on tree-ring evidence and hydraulic modelling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 103-115

  Ballesteros, J A ^a   Bodoque, J M ^b   Diez Herrero A ^a   Sanchez Silva, M ^c   Stoffel, M ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrogeomorphology; Flood; Peak discharge estimation; Roughness calibration; Spanish central system; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

DENDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; PEAK DISCHARGE; ROUGHNESS CALIBRATION; SPANISH CENTRAL SYSTEM; TREE RING;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GAGES; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

CALIBRATION;

CALIBRATION; DISCHARGE; FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROUGHNESS; TREE RING; WATER DEPTH;

ALBERCHE RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 79955916466     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.045     Document Type: Article

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