Statistical characterization of spatiotemporal sediment dynamics in the Venice lagoon

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1049-1064

  Carniello, Luca ^a   D'Alpaos, Andrea ^a   Botter, Gianluca ^a   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

sediment transport; shallow waters; tidal morphodynamics; wind waves

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; MORPHODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TIDAL CURRENT; WIND WAVE;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 84971012432     PISSN: 21699003     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JF003793     Document Type: Article

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