简介:Acoupledroutingforthetransportcapacityandtheenergyslopeisintroducedthroughthedefinitionofthecontrolfactormwhosevalueislinkedtothebedformconfiguration.Thecouplingaimstofurtherincorporatetheinteractionsoccurringinalluvialriversandthusenhancethepredictionofthefinesedimentfluxes,especiallyduringhighstreampowerevents.Basedonapredictiveruleforthecontrolfactormthatonlyinvolveswaterdepth,velocityandbedformconstitutivetexture,thenovelmethodisconfrontedtoobservationscollectedinoneofthemoststronglydynamicalluvialrivernamelytheLowerYellowRiver.Comparisonsbetweentimeseriesofmeasuredandcomputedconcentrationsillustratethatduringhighvelocityeventsthemaindynamicsofthesedimenttransportiscorrectlyreproduced.Themainadvantageofthepresentapproachistosupplyconsistenttimeevolutionsofsedimentconcentrationswithoutmakinguseofanydetailedshearinformation.