Hydro-economic assessment of hydrological forecasting systems

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 416-417, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-144

  Boucher, M A ^a   Tremblay, D ^b   Delorme, L ^b   Perreault, L ^b   Anctil, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic value; Ensemble forecasts; Hydropower production; Optimization

Indexed keywords

DETERMINISTIC FORECASTS; ECONOMIC VALUES; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; END USERS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTS; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; FLOOD EVENT; HYDRO POWER PRODUCTION; HYDROLOGICAL FORECAST; HYDROLOGICAL FORECASTING; ONE STEP; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; POSTPROCESSING METHODS;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER; OPTIMIZATION; POWER QUALITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FORECASTING;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FLOOD; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR; SPILLWAY; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMFLOW;

CANADA; GATINEAU RIVER; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84855281627     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.042     Document Type: Article

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