Delta channel networks: 2. Metrics of topologic and dynamic complexity for delta comparison, physical inference, and vulnerability assessment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4019-4045

  Tejedor, Alejandro ^a   Longjas, Anthony ^a   Zaliapin, Ilya ^b   Foufoula Georgiou, Efi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

delta; delta width function; entropy; graph theory; metrics; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIRECTED GRAPHS; DYNAMICS; ENTROPY; GRAPH THEORY;

DELTA; ENTROPY BASED METRICS; METRICS; QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORKS; SPECTRAL GRAPH THEORY; VULNERABILITY; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; WIDTH FUNCTION;

DELTA FUNCTIONS;

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPLEXITY; DELTA; ENTROPY; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORELINE CHANGE; TOPOLOGY; VULNERABILITY; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84937513156     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016604     Document Type: Article

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