An entropy-based surface velocity method for estuarine discharge measurement

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 6106-6128

  Bechle, Adam J ^a   Wu, Chin H ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

discharge; entropy; estuary; imaging techniques

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENTROPY; ESTUARIES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; ENTROPY DISTRIBUTION; ENTROPY-BASED METHODS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENTS; PRINCIPLE OF MAXIMUM ENTROPY; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; VARIABLE PARAMETERS;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84904530889     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015353     Document Type: Article

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