A 2-D process-based model for suspended sediment dynamics: A first step towards ecological modeling

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2837-2857

  Achete, F M ^a   Van Der Wegen, M ^a,b   Roelvink, D ^a,b,c   Jaffe, B ^d  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CHAINS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY;

ECOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; PROCESS-BASED APPROACH; PROCESS-BASED MODELING; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARIES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MODEL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; DELTA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GEOMETRY; HABITAT TYPE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934976544     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-2837-2015     Document Type: Article

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