Estimating bankfull discharge and depth in ungauged estuaries

Water Resources Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2298-2316

  Gisen, Jacqueline Isabella Anak ^a,b   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

alluvial estuaries; bankfull discharge; hydraulic geometry; tidal dynamics

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; FLOODS; GEOMETRY; RIVERS; SALT WATER INTRUSION; STREAM FLOW; TIDAL POWER; WATER RESOURCES;

BANKFULL DISCHARGE; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; GEOMETRICAL CHARACTERISTICS; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; PHYSICAL CONNECTIONS; TIDAL DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

SURFACE WATER RESOURCES;

BANK EROSION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINE INTRUSION; TIDAL CYCLE;

EID: 85027950160     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR016227     Document Type: Article

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