Refinement of the wetted perimeter breakpoint method for setting cease-to-pump limits or minimum environmental flows

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 671-685

  Reinfelds, Ivars ^a   Haeusler, Tim ^a   Brooks, Andrew J ^a   Williams, Simon ^a  

^a Dept Infrastruct Plan/Nat Rsrc ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Arcview; Environmental flow; HEC GeoRAS; HEC RAS; Hydraulic modelling; Riffle habitat; Water diversion; Wetted perimeter

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE; FLOW PATTERN; GIS; MODELING; RIFFLE; RIVER FLOW;

EID: 8744280629     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.784     Document Type: Article

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