Solutions for the diurnally forced advection-diffusion equation to estimate bulk fluid velocity and diffusivity in streambeds from temperature time series

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 488-506

  Luce, Charles H ^a   Tonina, Daniele ^b   Gariglio, Frank ^b   Applebee, Ralph ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c The College of Idaho   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; ERROR CHARACTERISTICS; EXPLICIT ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; EXPLICIT FORMULATION; THEORY AND PRACTICE; THERMAL MEASUREMENTS;

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES; VELOCITY;

ESTIMATION;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; DIFFUSIVITY; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; HEAT TRANSFER; INVERSE ANALYSIS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; STREAM BED; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 84876534645     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR012380     Document Type: Article

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