Sedimentation monitoring including uncertainty analysis in complex floodplains: A case study in the Mekong Delta

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3039-3057

  Manh, N V ^a   Merz, B ^a   Apel, H ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CHANNEL INTERACTIONS; DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; FLOODPLAIN SEDIMENTATION; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); LEVEES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEDIMENTATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLOODS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84881468857     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-3039-2013     Document Type: Article

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