Development of weather-dependent flow requirements for river temperature control

Environmental Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 529-540

  Gu, Ruochuan ^a   McCutcheon, Steven ^b   Chen, Chi Jen ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow management; Habitat; River discharges; Water quality; Weather; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; METEOROLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032875262     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900252     Document Type: Article

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