Value of adaptive water resources management in Northern California under climatic variability and change: Reservoir management

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-46

  Georgakakos, A P ^a   Yao, H ^a   Kistenmacher, M ^a   Georgakakos, K P ^b,c   Graham, N E ^b,c   Cheng, F Y ^b,d   Spencer, C ^b   Shamir, E ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive water resources management; California water resources; Climate change impact assessment; Dynamic downscaling; Ensemble flow forecasting; Risk based decision support

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; DYNAMIC DOWNSCALING; FLOW FORECASTING; RISK-BASED DECISIONS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RATING; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RESOURCES;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DOWNSCALING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MITIGATION; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL VALLEY [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84155186700     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.04.038     Document Type: Article

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