Seasonal and annual maximum streamflow forecasting using climate information: Application to the Three Gorges Dam in the Yangtze River basin, China

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 582-595

  Kwon, Hyun Han ^a   Brown, Casey ^b   Xu, Kaiqin ^c,d,e   Lall, Upmanu ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology   (South Korea)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science   (China)

Author keywords

Hierarchical Bayesian model; Peak flow foecast; Reservoir operations; Seasonal flow forecast; Three Gorges Dam; Yangtze River (Changjiang)

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODEL; PEAK FLOW FOECAST; RESERVOIR OPERATIONS; SEASONAL FLOW FORECAST; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE RIVER (CHANGJIANG);

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DAMS;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DESIGN FLOOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK FLOW; PREDICTION; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; THREE GORGES DAM; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 69949161674     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.54.3.582     Document Type: Article

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