Effects of vegetation on turbulence, sediment transport, and stream morphology

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 765-776

  Neary, V S ^a   Constantinescu, S G ^b   Bennett, S J ^c   Diplas, P ^d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Large eddy simulation (LES); Sediment transport; Stream restoration; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROCESS; PATCH CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STREAM RESTORATION; SUBMERGENCE RATIOS; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CANOPY DENSITY; DENSITY RATIO; FLOW MOMENTUMS; KEYS PARAMETERS; MACROPHYTES; REYNOLD NUMBER; RIVERS AND STREAMS; STREAM MORPHOLOGY;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MORPHOLOGY; RESEARCH; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; TURBULENCE;

VEGETATION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 84867965407     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000168     Document Type: Article

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