Reservoir operation and water allocation to mitigate drought effects in crops: A multilevel optimization using the drought frequency index

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 458-465

  Cañón, Julio ^a,b   González, Javier ^c   Valdés, Juan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Crops; Droughts; Irrigation; Mexico; Optimization; Reservoir operation; United States

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; FREQUENCY INDEX; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; MEXICO; MULTI-RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; MULTILEVEL OPTIMIZATION; NON-LINEAR OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILISTIC CRITERIA; RESERVOIR OPERATION; RESILIENCE INDEX; RIVER BASINS; TRIGGER MECHANISM; UNITED STATES; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER DEFICITS; WATER DELIVERY;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; DAMAGE DETECTION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER SUPPLY;

DROUGHT;

CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR; WATER SUPPLY;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; RIO CONCHOS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350375759     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2009)135:6(458)     Document Type: Article

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