Prototype decision support system for operations on the gunnison basin with improved forecasts

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 428-438

  Regonda, Satish ^a,b   Zagona, Edith ^c   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^c,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RIVERSIDE TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate information; Decision support system; Ensemble streamflow forecast; Gunnison; Water resources management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE INFORMATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; DECISION SYSTEMS; DECISION TOOL; DECISION VARIABLES; ENSEMBLE STREAMFLOW FORECAST; GUNNISON; IMPROVED FORECAST; MAIN MODULE; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; OPERATIONAL VARIABLES; RESERVOIR STORAGE; RIVER BASINS; SPRING SEASON; STREAMFLOW FORECAST; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SNOW MAKING; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

DECISION MAKING;

CLIMATOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; STREAMFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052653923     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000133     Document Type: Article

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