Beyond peak reservoir storage? A global estimate of declining water storage capacity in large reservoirs

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5732-5739

  Wisser, Dominik ^a   Frolking, Steve ^b   Hagen, Stephen ^c   Bierkens, Marc F P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Applied GeoSolutions   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

reservoirs; sea level rise; sedimentation; sustainability; water resources management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FLOW PATTERNS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

POPULATION GROWTH RATES; RESERVOIR OPERATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT ASSESSMENTS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER STORAGE CAPACITY; WATER SUPPLY AND DEMANDS;

DIGITAL STORAGE;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW PATTERN; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; INFLOW; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; INDIA;

EID: 84883698750     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20452     Document Type: Article

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