Effects of upstream hydropower operation on riverine particle transport and turbidity in downstream lakes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Finger, David ^a   Schmid, Martin ^a   Wüest, Alfred ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DAMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY;

HYDROPOWER OPERATIONS; INTRUSION DYNAMICS; PARTICLE TRANSPORT;

POWER GENERATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; DAMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); POWER GENERATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RETENTION; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENTATION; STORAGE STRUCTURE; TURBIDITY;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; BRIENZERSEE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33749410417     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004751     Document Type: Article

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