Reduced-complexity modeling of braided rivers: Assessing model performance by sensitivity analysis, calibration, and validation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2243-2262

  Ziliani, L ^a   Surian, N ^a   Coulthard, T J ^b   Tarantola, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CAESAR model; river morphodynamics; sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

BRAIDED RIVER; CALIBRATION; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAVEL BED STREAM; MODEL VALIDATION; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ITALY; TAGLIAMENTO RIVER;

EID: 84892969448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrf.20154     Document Type: Article

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