A bottom-up approach to identifying the maximum operational adaptive capacity of water resource systems to a changing climate

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 6751-6768

  Culley, S ^a   Noble, S ^a   Yates, A ^a   Timbs, M ^a   Westra, S ^a   Maier, H R ^a   Giuliani, M ^b   Castelletti, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

exposure space; formal optimization; operational adaptive capacity; scenario neutral impact assessment; water resource management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION THEORY; ROBUST CONTROL; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; EXPOSURE SPACE; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; OPTIMAL FEEDBACK CONTROL; OPTIMAL OPERATIONAL POLICIES; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY MAKING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ITALY; LAKE COMO; LOMBARDY;

EID: 84987850104     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018253     Document Type: Article

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