Effect of streamflow forecast uncertainty on real-time reservoir operation

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 495-504

  Zhao, Tongtiegang ^a,b   Cai, Ximing ^b   Yang, Dawen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterministic streamflow forecast; Martingale Model of Forecast Evolution; Probabilistic streamflow forecast; Real time reservoir operation; Streamflow forecast uncertainty

Indexed keywords

MARTINGALE MODEL OF FORECAST EVOLUTIONS; PROBABILISTIC STREAMFLOW FORECAST; REAL-TIME RESERVOIR OPERATION; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; STREAMFLOW FORECAST UNCERTAINTY;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STREAM FLOW;

FORECASTING;

FORECASTING METHOD; PROBABILITY; REAL TIME; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952189882     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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