Optimal operation of a multipurpose multireservoir system in the Eastern Nile River Basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1895-1908

  Goor, Q ^a   Halleux, C ^a   Mohamed, Y ^b,c   Tilmant, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION POLICIES; ANNUAL SAVINGS; BASIN SCALE; BLUE NILE; BLUE NILE RIVER BASIN; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC MODELS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; ETHIOPIA; EVAPORATION LOSS; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC UNCERTAINTY; HYDROLOGICAL RISKS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MULTI-RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES; OPTIMAL OPERATION; POLICY OPTIONS; REGULATION CAPACITY; RISK INDICATORS; RIVER BASINS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE;

DAMS; ECONOMICS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; RIVERS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DRAWDOWN; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MULTIRESERVOIR SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POLICY APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WATER STORAGE;

ASWAN [EGYPT]; ASWAN DAM; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; LAKE NASSER; NILE BASIN; SUDAN;

EID: 77958007727     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1895-2010     Document Type: Article

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