Structural and Non-Structural Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for the Péribonka Water Resource System

Water Resources Management

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2075-2087

  Arsenault, Richard ^a   Brissette, François ^a   Malo, Jean Stéphane ^a   Minville, Marie ^b   Leconte, Robert ^a,c  

^a ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Delta change factor; Electricity production; Uncertainty; Unproductive spills

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; FLOW OF WATER; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; RUNOFF; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; DELTA CHANGE FACTOR; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; POWER GENERATION POTENTIAL; RESERVOIR OPERATING RULES; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; UNCERTAINTY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; ELECTRICITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW;

CANADA; PERIBONKA RIVER; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84876431999     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-013-0275-6     Document Type: Article

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