Discharge estimation combining flow routing and occasional measurements of velocity

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2979-2994

  Corato, G ^a   Moramarco, T ^a   Tucciarelli, T ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL LENGTH; CROSS SECTION; DISCHARGE ESTIMATION; DISCHARGE HYDROGRAPH; DOWNSTREAM BOUNDARY; FIELD APPLICATION; FLOOD EVENT; FLOW AREA; FLOW ROUTING; HYDROGRAPHS; MANNING'S ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENT; OPTIMAL CALIBRATION; PEAK DISCHARGE; RADAR SENSORS; RATING CURVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SHALLOW WATERS; SURFACE FLOW; SURFACE VELOCITY; SYNTHETIC TESTS; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION MODELS; WATER-LEVEL DATA;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALIBRATION; ESTIMATION; FLOODS; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WATER LEVELS;

RIVERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CALIBRATION; DISCHARGE; FLOODING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; GAUGE; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RADAR IMAGERY; RIVER FLOW; SENSOR; WATER LEVEL;

ITALY; TIBER RIVER;

EID: 80053351185     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2979-2011     Document Type: Article

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