The basic flow method for incorporating flow variability in environmental flows

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-102

  Palau, A ^a   Alcazar J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic flow; Environmental flow; Regulated river management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

SPAIN;

EID: 84855406610     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1439     Document Type: Article

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