Floodplain hydrology of the mekong delta, Vietnam

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 674-686

  Hung, Nguyen Nghia ^a,b   Delgado, José Miguel ^a   Tri, Vo Khac ^b   Hung, Le Manh ^c   Merz, Bruno ^a   Bárdossy, András ^d   Apel, Heiko ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b Southern Institute of Water Resources Research SIWRR   (Viet Nam)

^c Vietnam Academy for Water Resources   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Channel network; Flood characteristics; Floodplain; Floodplain hydrology; Mekong Delta; Tide

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL NETWORK; CONTROL STRUCTURE; CROPPING PATTERNS; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD PROTECTION; FLOOD SEASON; FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; HYDRAULIC FEATURES; IN-SITU DATA; MAJOR HAZARDS; MEKONG DELTA; SEA LEVEL RISE; STUDY AREAS; TERRASAR-X; VIET NAM;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; FLOOD CONTROL; SEA LEVEL; TIDES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FLOODS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHANNEL HYDRAULICS; DIKE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FLOODPLAIN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERRASAR-X;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84857374189     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8183     Document Type: Article

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