Impact of climate change on Cannonsville reservoir thermal structure in the New York City water supply

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 389-405

  Samal, N R ^a,b   Pierson, D C ^c   Schneiderman, E ^c   Huang, Y ^a   Read, J S ^d   Anandhi, A ^e   Owens, E M ^f,g  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^d Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^e KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f USAUpstate Freshwater Institute   (United States)

^g Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mixing; New York City water supply; One dimensional hydrodynamic model; Thermal structure

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; MIXING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WIND;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; CITY WATER SUPPLIES; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIXING; NEW YORK CITY; NEW YORK CITY WATER SUPPLY; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WIND SPEED;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EPILIMNION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOLIMNION; INFLOW; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RESERVOIR; SOLAR RADIATION; STRATIFICATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873734178     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrjc.2012.020     Document Type: Article

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