A multiple criteria decision-making approach to estimate minimum environmental flows based on wetted perimeter

River Research and Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-67

  Shang, Songhao ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curvature method; Ideal point method; Minimum environmental flow; Multiple criteria decision making; Slope method; Wetted perimeter

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ORGANISM; DECISION MAKING; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW REGULATION; RIVER FLOW;

EID: 38549128807     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1047     Document Type: Article

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