Hydrological Impact of a High-Density Reservoir Network in Semiarid Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-117

  Malveira, Vanda Tereza Costa ^a   Araújo, José Carlos de ^b   Güntner, Andreas ^c  

^a DNOCS Brazilian National Dept of Droughts   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Optimization; Reservoir network; Semiarid; Simplex MSX; Sustainability index; WASA model; Watershed hydrology

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; SEMIARID; SIMPLEX MSX; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DAM; HYDROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL; CEARA; JAGUARIBE BASIN;

EID: 84857227425     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000404     Document Type: Article

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