A framework for evaluating the spatial configuration and temporal dynamics of hydraulic patches

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 585-593

  Wallis, C ^a   Maddock, I ^a   Visser, F ^a   Acreman, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge; Fuzzy cluster analysis; Hydraulic heterogeneity; Patch dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FLOW REGULATION; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84861779112     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1468     Document Type: Article

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