Developing channel and floodplain dimensions with limited data: A case study in the Amazon Basin

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1059-1071

  Beighley, R Edward ^a   Gummadi, Venkat ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Bankfull; Channel; Floodplain; Hydraulic geometry

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; BANKFULL; CHANNEL; FLOOD PLAINS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CARBON DIOXIDE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTIMATION; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULICS; LAKES; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH; STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DISCHARGE; FLOODPLAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAMFLOW;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 79958766036     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.2132     Document Type: Article

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