Assessing and modeling impacts of different inter-basin water transfer routes on Lake Taihu and the Yangtze River, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 399-413

  Li, Yiping ^a   Tang, Chunyan ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Tian, Wei ^b   Pan, Baozhu ^c   Hua, Lei ^a,d   Lau, Janet ^e   Yu, Zhongbo ^f   Acharya, Kumud ^g  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hydrology and Water Resources Investigation Bureau of Jiangsu Province   (China)

^c CHANGJIANG RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG INSTITUTE OF HYDRAULICS AND ESTUARY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^g DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

EFDC; Inter basin water transfer; Lagrangian particle tracking; Multi objective optimization method; Water age

Indexed keywords

EFDC; INTER-BASIN WATER DIVERSIONS; INTER-BASIN WATER TRANSFER; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE TRACKING; WATER AGES; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; WATER TRANSFER PROJECTS; YANGTZE RIVER , CHINA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW RATE; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

LAKES;

ALGAL BLOOM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW PATTERN; FRESHWATER INPUT; INFLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LAKE POLLUTION; LAKE WATER; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; OPTIMIZATION; REMEDIATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; JIANGSU; MEILIANG BAY; TAIHU LAKE; YANGTZE RIVER; ZHUSHAN BAY;

EID: 84885929198     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.067     Document Type: Article

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