Physical changes within a large tropical hydroelectric reservoir induced by wintertime cold front activity

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3079-3093

  Curtarelli, M P ^a   Alcantara E H ^a,b   Renno C D ^a   Stech, J L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; REMOTE SENSING; WATER QUALITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DIURNAL MIXED LAYER; HYDROELECTRIC RESERVOIRS; INTERPRETATION OF REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES; METEOROLOGICAL DISTURBANCE; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; TROPICAL RESERVOIRS;

TROPICS;

COLD FRONT; HEAT BALANCE; MIXED LAYER; MIXING; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIR; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATION; WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84921442447     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3079-2014     Document Type: Article

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