Influence of pumped-storage hydroelectric plant operation on a shallow polymictic lake: Predictions from 3-D hydrodynamic modeling

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Anderson, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

entrainment; hydroelectric; modeling; pumped storage; resuspension; stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956467384     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10402380903479102     Document Type: Article

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