Dynamic floodplain vegetation model development for the kootenai river, USA

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3058-3070

  Benjankar, Rohan ^a   Egger, Gregory ^b   Jorde, Klaus ^a   Goodwin, Peter ^a   Glenn, Nancy F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic vegetation model; Error matrix; Floodplain physical processes; Hydrodynamic model; Hydrological alteration; Spatially distributed

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CALIBRATION; FLOODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DYNAMIC VEGETATION MODEL; ERROR MATRICES; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN PHYSICAL PROCESS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RIVER MODIFICATIONS; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED; VEGETATION MODEL;

VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LEVEE; SHEAR STRESS; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HEIGHT OVER BASE FLOW LEVEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; MATURATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WATER FLOW;

KOOTENAI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052900428     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.07.017     Document Type: Article

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