Modelling approach for characterizing thermal stratification and assessing water quality for a large tropical reservoir

Lakes and Reservoirs: Science, Policy and Management for Sustainable Use

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-129

  Rangel Peraza, J G ^a   Obregon, O ^b   Nelson, J ^b   Williams, G P ^b   de Anda, J ^c   Gonzalez Farias F ^d   Miller, J ^e  

^a Culiacán   (Mexico)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aguamilpa reservoir; CE QUAL W2 model; Dissolved oxygen; Thermal stratification; Tropical reservoir

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL EROSION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AGUAMILPA DAM; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NAYARIT;

EID: 84862316972     PISSN: 13205331     EISSN: 14401770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2012.00503.x     Document Type: Article

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