Role of channel and floodplain cross-section geometry in the basin response

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Mejia, A I ^a   Reed, S M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTION; CROSS-SECTION GEOMETRY; EFFECTIVE RAINFALL; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOW ROUTING; HILLSLOPES; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN; INSTANTANEOUS RESPONSE; KINEMATIC DISPERSION; LARGER NETWORKS; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE; PEAK FLOWS; POWER LAW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RIVER BASINS; STREAM NETWORKS; TIME TO PEAK;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CAPILLARY FLOW; DISPERSIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

GEOMETRY;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; CROSS SECTION; DISPERSION; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HILLSLOPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; KINEMATICS; PEAK FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; STREAM CHANNEL;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053090159     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010375     Document Type: Article

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