Modelling wetland connectivity during overbank flooding in a tropical floodplain in north Queensland, Australia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2710-2723

  Karim, Fazlul ^a   Kinsey Henderson, Anne ^a   Wallace, Jim ^a   Arthington, Angela H ^b   Pearson, Richard G ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquatic biota; Floodplain; Hydrodynamic modelling; Hydrological connectivity; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIOTA; AUSTRALIA; DEGREE OF CONNECTIVITY; DRIVING MECHANISM; ELEVATION DATA; FINE RESOLUTION; FLOOD EVENT; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOW BARRIERS; FLOW PATHWAYS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; KEY FEATURE; LASER ALTIMETRY; MIKE-21; MURRAY RIVER; NORTH QUEENSLAND; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; RIVER-FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM; SPATIAL EXTENT;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LEVEES; OPTICAL RADAR; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

FIELD SURVEY; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LIDAR; OVERBANK FLOW; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; WETLAND;

AUSTRALIA; MURRAY RIVER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84865062528     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8364     Document Type: Article

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