Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-247-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-7-247-2019
Research article
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14 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 14 Mar 2019

Modelling braided river morphodynamics using a particle travel length framework

Alan Kasprak, James Brasington, Konrad Hafen, Richard D. Williams, and Joseph M. Wheaton

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We present a modelling framework for the prediction of gravel-bed braided river evolution. The model is unique in that it simplifies sediment transport through the use of empirically-derived relationships between channel form and flood-scale particle transport distances, or path lengths, which ultimately allow for longer duration model runs with reduced computational demand. We use field surveys on two braided rivers to validate the model at the event, annual, and decadal timescales.
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