WBMsed, a distributed global-scale riverine sediment flux model: Model description and validation

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 80-93

  Cohen, Sagy ^a   Kettner, Albert J ^a   Syvitski, James P M ^a   Fekete, Balázs M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

BQART; FrAMES; Global transport model; Sediment flux; Suspended sediment; Water discharge; WBMplus

Indexed keywords

BQART; FRAMES; GLOBAL TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT FLUX; WATER DISCHARGES; WBMPLUS;

FORECASTING; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 84875223341     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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