Improved water allocation utilizing probabilistic climate forecasts: Short-term water contracts in a risk management framework

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Sankarasubramanian, A ^a   Lall, Upmanu ^b   Souza Filho, Francisco Assis ^c   Sharma, Ashish ^d  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ALLOCATION PROCESS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; HYDRO-SYSTEM; INTERANNUAL; ITERATIVE PROCESS; LONG-TERM CONTRACTS; MANAGEMENT RISK; MULTI-USER; OPERATING PERIODS; OPERATING POLICIES; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PARTICIPATORY PROCESS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; RESERVOIR STORAGE; RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; SINGLE PERIOD; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; SUPPLY AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM FAILURES; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGERS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; MANAGERS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

PRIORITIZATION; PROBABILITY; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; TELECONNECTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

BRAZIL; CEARA;

EID: 72149090368     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007821     Document Type: Article

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