Analysis of Daily Peaking and Run-of-River Operations with Flow Variability Metrics, Considering Subdaily to Seasonal Time Scales

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1622-1640

  Haas, Nicholas A ^a   O'Connor, Ben L ^a   Hayse, John W ^a   Bevelhimer, Mark S ^b   Endreny, Theodore A ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c 402 Baker Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological flow assessment; Environmental flows; Environmental impacts; Flow variability; Hydropower operations; Rivers and streams; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RIVERS;

ECOLOGICAL FLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; FLOW VARIABILITY; HYDROPOWER OPERATIONS; RIVERS AND STREAMS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84918825242     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12228     Document Type: Article

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