Effects of changes in snow pattern and the timing of runoff on NYC water supply system

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3278-3288

  Matonse, Adão H ^a   Pierson, Donald C ^b   Frei, Allan ^a,c   Zion, Mark S ^b   Schneiderman, Elliot M ^b   Anandhi, Aavudai ^a   Mukundan, Rajith ^a   Pradhanang, Soni M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Bureau of Water Supply   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Reservoir system indicators; Reservoir system OASIS model; Snow and water supply operation; Watershed modelling

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COMBINED EFFECT; CURRENT SYSTEM; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; FUTURE CLIMATE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; NEW YORK CITY; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR INFLOW; RESERVOIR STORAGE; RESERVOIR SYSTEMS; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW PATTERNS; SNOWMELT; SOURCE AREA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RELEASE; WATERSHED MODELLING; WATERSHED MODELS; WINTER RAINS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RESERVOIR; RUNOFF; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWMELT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

EID: 80053260429     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8121     Document Type: Article

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