Toward understanding the value of climate information for multiobjective reservoir management under present and future climate and demand scenarios

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 557-573

  Graham, Nicholas E ^a,b   Georgakakos, Konstantine P ^a,b  

^a HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATIC CHANGES; DEMAND CHANGES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FUTURE CLIMATE; INFLOW FORECAST; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MANAGEMENT POLICY; MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; RESEARCH RESULTS; RESERVOIR CAPACITY; RESERVOIR VOLUME;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; MANAGEMENT; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INFLOW; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77955576780     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2135.1     Document Type: Article

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