The impacts of climate change on a Norwegian high-head hydropower system

Journal of Water and Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-37

  Chernet, Haregewoin Haile ^a   Alfredsen, Knut ^a   Killingtveit, Ånund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; High head; Hydropower; Norway; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH-HEAD; HYDROPOWER; NORWAY; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESERVOIR OPERATION; SIMULATION MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

HYDROELECTRIC POWER;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFLOW; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

NORWAY;

EID: 84877737636     PISSN: 20402244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wcc.2013.042     Document Type: Article

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