A climate change range-based method for estimating robustness for water resources supply

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8944-8961

  Whateley, Sarah ^a   Steinschneider, Scott ^a   Brown, Casey ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; reservoir operations; robustness; water supply

Indexed keywords

RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE; CLIMATE PROJECTION; LONG-TERM DECISIONS; OPERATION DECISIONS; OPERATIONAL CHANGES; OPTIMAL RESERVOIR OPERATIONS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; WATER PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESERVOIR; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84919650528     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015956     Document Type: Article

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