Predicting natural channel patterns based on landscape and geomorphic controls in the Columbia River basin, USA

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-57

  Beechie, Tim ^a   Imaki, Hiroo ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

channel pattern; fluvial geomorphology; river restoration; statistical model

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL PATTERN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHIC CONTROLS; GEOSPATIAL DATA SET; MULTIVARIATE MODELS; PREDICTION ACCURACY; RIVER RESTORATION; STATISTICAL MODELING;

LANDFORMS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; WATERSHEDS;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; DISCHARGE; FLOOD WAVE; FLOW MODELING; MEANDER; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COLOMBIAN BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896734275     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013629     Document Type: Article

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