Reservoir performance under uncertainty in hydrologic impacts of climate change

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-326

  Raje, Deepashree ^a   Mujumdar, P P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive policy; Climate change; Reservoir performance; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; IRRIGATION; RELIABILITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE POLICY; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; MULTIPURPOSE RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; FLOOD CONTROL; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; POLICY MAKING; POWER GENERATION; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDIA; MAHANADI RIVER;

EID: 77955981261     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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