Towards a probabilistic assessment of process-based, morphodynamic models

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-63

  Van der Wegen, M ^a   Jaffe, B E ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine geomorphology; Model uncertainty; Morphodynamic modeling; Probabilistic approach; San Pablo Bay

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE GEOMORPHOLOGIES; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELING; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; SAN PABLO BAY;

EROSION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; SAN PABLO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874509143     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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