A method to assess and define environmental flow rules for large jurisdictional regions

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 828-840

  Snelder, Ton ^a   Booker, Doug ^a   Lamouroux, Nicolas ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UR MALY   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental flow; Flow duration curve; Minimum flow; Reliability; Water allocation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; FLOW DURATION CURVE; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; MINIMUM FLOW; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL HABITAT; SET OF RULES; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WATER ALLOCATION; WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY;

CONFINED FLOW; ECOSYSTEMS; RATING; RELIABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOMETRY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79960727668     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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