Temporal variability in the thermal regime of the lower Ebro River (Spain) and alteration due to anthropogenic factors

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 387, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 105-118

  Prats, Jordi ^a   Val, Rafael ^b   Armengol, Joan ^c   Dolz, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro River; Thermal pollution; Thermal regime; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; COOLING EFFECTS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EBRO RIVER; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; THERMAL REGIMES; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TEMPERATURE DATA; WATER TEMPERATURES;

NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFLUENTS; THERMAL POLLUTION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WASTE HEAT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RESERVOIR; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL POLLUTION; THERMAL REGIME; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 78549266793     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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