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Backwater Effects

Backwater Effects is a hydraulic phenomenon characterized by the upstream propagation of water surface elevation increases due to downstream flow resistance or impedance, distinguishing it from unimpeded open-channel flow conditions.

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719

Authors

343

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2017–2026

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Publications

242

A physically based description of floodplain inundation dynamics in a global river routing model

Dai Yamazaki, Shinjiro Kanae, Hyungjun Kim et al. · Water Resources Research · 2011 · 970 citations

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Large‐scale hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling of the Amazon River basin

Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Paiva, Diogo Costa Buarque, Walter Collischonn et al. · Water Resources Research · 2013 · 438 citations

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An intercomparison of remote sensing river discharge estimation algorithms from measurements of river height, width, and slope

Michael Durand, Colin J. Gleason, Pierre‐André Garambois et al. · Water Resources Research · 2016 · 234 citations · Full text

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Backwater effects in the Amazon River basin of Brazil

Robert H. Meade, José M. Rayol, Sylvio C. Conceicão et al. · Environmental Geology · 1991 · 225 citations

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Effects of Channel Restoration on Water Velocity, Transient Storage, and Nutrient Uptake in a Channelized Stream

Paul A. Bukaveckas · Environmental Science & Technology · 2007 · 224 citations

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Authors

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  1. MP
    Michael P. Lamb

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    5 publications · 514 citations

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  2. XL
    Xavier Litrico

    Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages, France

    4 publications · 175 citations

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  3. HA
    Hossein Azinfar

    University of Saskatchewan, Canada

    4 publications · 100 citations

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  4. JA
    Jeffrey A. Nittrouer

    Rice University, United States

    4 publications · 429 citations

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  5. BC
    Ben Chie Yen

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    4 publications · 73 citations

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Institutions

343

  1. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    467 citations

  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    8 h-index

    11 publications

    523 citations

  4. Environment and Climate Change Canada

    Ottawa, Canada

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    480 citations

  5. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    788 citations

  6. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    947 citations

  7. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    622 citations

  8. University of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, Canada

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    275 citations

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  1. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    17 publications · 952 citations

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  2. Water Resources Research

    17 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. Water

    16 publications · 363 citations

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  4. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    11 publications · 552 citations

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  5. River Research and Applications

    7 publications · 175 citations

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