Reservoir-induced hydrological alterations and environmental flow variation in the East River, the Pearl River basin, China

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2119-2131

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Xiao, Mingzhong ^a   Liu, Chun Ling ^b   Singh, Vijay P ^c,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Pearl River Water Resources Commission   (China)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

East River basin; Environmental flow; Indicators of hydrological alteration (IHA); Range of variability approach (RVA)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FLOOD CONTROL; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

EAST RIVER BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; HYDRO-POWER GENERATION; HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PEARL RIVER DELTA; RANGE OF VARIABILITY APPROACHES; RESERVOIR OPERATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 84919877656     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-014-0893-4     Document Type: Article

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