Developing a new operations plan for the bow river basin using collaborative modeling for decision support

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 654-668

  Sheer, A Michael S ^a   Nemeth, Michael W ^b   Sheer, Daniel P ^a   Van Ham, Megan ^b   Kelly, Michael ^b   Hill, David ^c   Lebherz, Samuel D ^a  

^a Hydrologics Inc   (United States)

^b WaterSMART Solutions Ltd   (United States)

^c Water Resources Alberta Innovates Energy and Environment Solutions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bow River; Canada; Decision support systems; Optimization; Planning; Public participation; Simulation; Water allocation; Water policy; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CANADA; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SIMULATION; WATER ALLOCATIONS; WATER POLICIES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INSTREAM FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RIVER BASIN; STAKEHOLDER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ALBERTA; BOW BASIN; CANADA;

EID: 84878921167     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12068     Document Type: Article

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