Estimation of historic flows and sediment loads to San Francisco Bay, 1849-2011

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 529, Issue , 2015, Pages 1247-1261

  Moftakhari, H R ^a   Jay, D A ^a   Talke, S A ^a   Schoellhamer, D H ^b  

^a Portland State University   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basin scale system change; Discharge estimation; Downscaling; Historic sediment load; San Francisco Bay; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

BASIN SCALE; DISCHARGE ESTIMATION; DOWN-SCALING; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT LOADS;

SEDIMENTS;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DELTA; DISCHARGE; DOWNSCALING; EROSION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; RIVER FLOW; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATERSHED;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943415098     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.043     Document Type: Article

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