A shorter time step for eco-friendly reservoir operation does not always produce better water availability and ecosystem benefits

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 540, Issue , 2016, Pages 900-913

  Yu, Chunxue ^a   Yin, Xin'an ^a   Yang, Zhifeng ^a   Cai, Yanpeng ^a   Sun, Tao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental flows; Flow regime; Reservoir optimization; Time step; Water supply

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DIFFERENT TIME STEPS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENT; FLOW REGIMES; HYDROLOGIC ALTERATIONS; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; RESERVOIR OPTIMIZATIONS; TIME STEP;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; OPTIMIZATION; RESERVOIR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; HENAN; TANGHE RESERVOIR;

EID: 84978216530     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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