Title: Performance of bed-load transport equations relative to
geomorphic significance: Predicting effective discharge and its
transport rate Author: Barry, Jeffrey J.; Buffington, John M.;
Goodwin, Peter; King, John .G.; Emmett, William W. Source:
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 134(5): 601-615. Description:
Previous studies assessing the accuracy of bed-load transport
equations have considered equation performance statistically
based on paired observations of measured and predicted bed-load
transport rates. However, transport measurements were typically
taken during low flows, biasing the assessment of equation
performance toward low discharges, and because equation
performance can vary with discharge, it is unclear whether
previous assessments of performance apply to higher,
geomorphically significant flows e.g., the bankfull or effective
discharges . Nor is it clear whether these equations can predict
the effective discharge, which depends on the accuracy of the
bed-load transport equation across a rang