Drought and flood in the Anthropocene: Feedback mechanisms in reservoir operation

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 225-233

  Di Baldassarre, Giuliano ^a,b   Martinez, Fabian ^a   Kalantari, Zahra ^c,d   Viglione, Alberto ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Centre for Natural Disaster Science (CNDS)   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research   (Sweden)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIG DATA; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; FLOODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL EXTREMES; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RECIPROCAL EFFECTS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ANTHROPOCENE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FLOOD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESERVOIR;

EID: 85016294186     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-8-225-2017     Document Type: Article

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