Development of the Global Width Database for Large Rivers

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 3467-3480

  Yamazaki, Dai ^a,b   O'Loughlin, Fiachra ^b   Trigg, Mark A ^b   Miller, Zachary F ^c   Pavelsky, Tamlin M ^c   Bates, Paul D ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

global database; hydrodynamic modeling; HydroSHEDS; river width; SWBD

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMICS;

FLOW DIRECTION; GLOBAL DATABASE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATION; HYDROSHEDS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; RIVER CHANNELS; SWBD;

RIVERS;

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEM; SATELLITE;

CONGO RIVER; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898761353     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR014664     Document Type: Article

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