Effects of climate and dam operations on reservoir thermal structure

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-122

  Johnson, Brett M ^a   Saito, Laurel ^b   Anderson, Mark A ^c   Weiss, Paul ^d   Andre, Mary ^e   Fontane, Darrell G ^f  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Riverside Technology ^*  (United States)

^d RIVERSIDE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^e Civil Design Consultants Inc   (United States)

^f Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Colorado River; Dams; Reservoirs; Simulation models; Thermal factors

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCRETE DAMS; FISHERIES; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPRINGS (WATER); THERMAL EFFECTS;

NATURAL FLOW; RESERVOIR SPORT FISHERIES; THERMAL STRUCTURES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLIMATE; DAM; RESERVOIR; THERMAL PROPERTY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DAM; RESERVOIR; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

COLORADO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842787617     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2004)130:2(112)     Document Type: Article

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