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River Roughness

River Roughness is a hydraulic parameter that quantifies the resistance to flow exerted by the irregular features of a riverbed and banks, distinguishing it from other flow resistance components by specifically characterizing the morphological roughness of the channel boundary.

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13.5K

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513

Authors

240

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2017–2026

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215

A systematic analysis of eight decades of incipient motion studies, with special reference to gravel‐bedded rivers

John M. Buffington, David R. Montgomery · Water Resources Research · 1997 · 976 citations

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Reanalysis and Correction of Bed-Load Relation of Meyer-Peter and Müller Using Their Own Database

M. Wong, Gary Parker · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering · 2006 · 614 citations

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PATTERNS OF ALLUVIAL RIVERS

Stanley A. Schumm · Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences · 1985 · 592 citations

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Flow Resistance in Gravel-Bed Rivers

Richard D. Hey · Journal of the Hydraulics Division · 1979 · 415 citations

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River Channel Roughness

Hans A. Einstein, Nicholas L. Barbarossa · Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers · 1952 · 358 citations

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Authors

513

  1. JD
    J. Dungan Smith

    University of Washington, United States

    5 publications · 322 citations

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  2. JW
    Jason W. Kean

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    4 publications · 300 citations

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  3. SS
    Sam S. Y. Wang

    University of Mississippi, United States

    4 publications · 295 citations

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  4. DW
    Donald W. Knight

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 222 citations

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  5. LS
    Luca Solari

    University of Florence, Italy

    3 publications · 162 citations

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Institutions

240

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    598 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    549 citations

  5. University of Basilicata

    Potenza, Italy

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    178 citations

  6. University of Mississippi

    Oxford, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    717 citations

  7. University of Florence

    Florence, Italy

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    405 citations

  8. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    522 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

    30 publications · 2.3K citations

    22

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  2. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

    14 publications · 820 citations

    13

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  3. Journal of the Hydraulics Division

    14 publications · 1.6K citations

    12

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  4. Water Resources Research

    12 publications · 1.6K citations

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  5. Journal of Hydrology

    10 publications · 444 citations

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