Three methods for estimating the entropy parameter M based on a decreasing number of velocity measurements in a river cross-section

Entropy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2512-2529

  Farina, Giulia ^a   Alvisi, Stefano ^a   Franchini, Marco ^a   Moramarco, Tommaso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entropy; Streamflow measurement; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901446743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e16052512     Document Type: Article

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