Reservoir operation under variable climate: Case of Rozva Dam, Zimbabwe

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 36, Issue 14-15, 2011, Pages 1112-1119

  Ncube, S P ^a   Makurira, H ^a   Kaseke, E ^a   Mhizha, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; Reservoir operation; Water demand

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; CYCLIC PATTERNS; DOWNSTREAM USERS; IRRIGATION SCHEMES; POLICY MAKERS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; RURAL LIVELIHOOD; SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; STUDY AREAS; SUPPLY CAPACITY; TEMPERATURE DATA; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER DEMAND; WATER MANAGERS; ZIMBABWE;

CLIMATE MODELS; DAMS; IRRIGATION; RAIN; RESEARCH; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; DAM; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 80054064122     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2011.07.059     Document Type: Article

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