Modeling water ages and thermal structure of Lake Mead under changing water levels

Lake and Reservoir Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 258-272

  Li, Yiping ^a,b,c   Acharya, Kumud ^b   Chen, Dong ^b   Stone, Mark ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF HYDROLOGY WATER RESOURCES AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING   (China)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D model; drought impacts; hydrodynamics; pressure gradient error; stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863115221     PISSN: 07438141     EISSN: 10402381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07438141.2010.541326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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