Flow modelling in a high mountain valley equipped with hydropower plants: Rio Zongo Valley, Cordillera Real, Bolivia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 939-957

  Caballero, Yvan ^a   Chevallier, Pierre ^b   Gallaire, Robert ^c   Pillco, Ramiro ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Andes Cordillera; Hydraulic and hydrologie modelling; Hydropower plant; Surface scheme; System dynamics; Tropical glacier

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER CONSERVATION;

HIGH VALLEY MOUNTAINS; HYDROPOWER PLANTS;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

FLOW MODELING; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; MOUNTAIN; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 16544367386     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1339     Document Type: Article

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