Comparison of mean annual suspended loads estimated by the sednet model and rating curves in the Fitzroy catchment, Australia

MODSIM05 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1133-1139

  Fentie, B ^a   Joo, M ^a   Yu, B ^b   Hunter, H ^a   Marsh, N ^c   Carroll, C ^a   Dougall, C ^a  

^a Department of Natural Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bank erosion; Great barrier reef; Gully erosion; Hillslope erosion; Sediment export

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BANK EROSION; CATCHMENT AREA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; GULLY EROSION; HILLSLOPE EROSION; LOAD DATA; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; QUEENSLAND; RATING CURVE; RIVER NETWORK; SEDIMENT LOADS; SUB-CATCHMENT; SUBCATCHMENTS; SUSPENDED LOADS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT LOADS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT MODELS; SEDIMENT GENERATIONS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT MODELING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EROSION; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; RATING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

EID: 80053102746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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