Tailoring dam structures to water quality predictions in new reservoir projects: Assisting decision-making using numerical modeling

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1255-1267

  Marcé, Rafael ^a,b   Moreno Ostos, Enrique ^b,c   García Barcina, José Ma ^d   Armengol, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d Subdirección de Desarrollo Sostenible   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anoxia; CAEDYM; Dam design; DYRESM; Maturation; Modeling; Reservoir; STELLA

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DAMS; DECISION MAKING; FLOODS; FORESTRY; NUMERICAL MODELS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANOXIUM; CAEDYM; DAM DESIGN; DAM STRUCTURE; DECISIONS MAKINGS; DYRESM; MATURATION; MODELING; STELLA; WATER QUALITY PREDICTIONS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANOXIA; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; LIMNOLOGY; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FOREST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESERVOIR; SPAIN; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

SPAIN;

EID: 77950927732     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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