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Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation on Scandinavian Hydropower Production and Energy Markets
Cherry, Jessie; Cullen, Heidi; Visbeck, Martin; Small, … - In: Water Resources Management 19 (2005) 6, pp. 673-691
model of NAO impacts on hydropower production and energy markets in Scandinavia. Variation in the NAO index is shown to … energy prices in Scandinavia. The potential influence of skillful climate prediction is discussed. Copyright Springer Science …
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Visualising a Stochastic Model of Californian Water Resources Using Sankey Diagrams
Curmi, Elizabeth; Fenner, Richard; Richards, Keith; … - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 8, pp. 3035-3050
the connections of water with energy and land resources, including the amount of energy used to pump and treat water, the … amount of water used for energy production, and the land resources that create a water demand to produce crops for food. By … resource futures through inter-connected Sankey diagrams for energy, land and water, tracking changes from the basic resources …
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Future Irrigation Demand of South Saskatchewan River Basin under the Combined Impacts of Climate Change and El Niño Southern Oscillation
Islam, Zahidul; Gan, Thian - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 6, pp. 2091-2105
<Para ID="Par1">We assessed the future irrigation demand of the South Saskatchewan River Basin (SSRB) of Alberta subjected to combined impact of climate change and El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) using the Irrigation District Model (IDM) of Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. Based on the...</para>
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Hydrological Impacts of Warmer and Wetter Climate in Troutlake and Sturgeon River Basins in Central Canada
Choi, Woonsup; Kim, Sung; Lee, Mark; Koenig, Kristina; … - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 15, pp. 5319-5333
<Para ID="Par1">The impact of climate change on water availability in two river basins located in central Canada is investigated. Several statistical downscaling methods are used to generate temperature and precipitation scenarios from the third-generation Canadian Coupled General Circulation Model, forced with...</para>
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Hydropower Reservoir Management Under Climate Change: The Karoon Reservoir System
Jahandideh-Tehrani, Mahsa; Haddad, Omid Bozorg; … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 3, pp. 749-770
<Para ID="Par1">This study assesses the performance of hydropower production by reservoirs with and without climate change impacts on river discharge. The case study of this research includes the Khersan 1, Karoon 4, and Karoon 3 reservoirs in Iran. The HADCM3 climate model with A2 greenhouse gas emission...</para>
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Iterative Framework for Robust Reclaimed Wastewater Allocation in a Changing Environment Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making
Kim, Yeonjoo; Chung, Eun-Sung; Jun, Sang-Mook - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 2, pp. 295-311
<Para ID="Par1">In this study, an iterative framework for robust reclaimed wastewater allocation (IFRWA) was developed to consider multiple climate change scenarios using multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods. Each iteration begins with the assumption that an additional unit of water quantity is...</para>
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Risk-Averse Economic Optimization in the Adaptation of River Dikes to Climate Change
Wang, L.; Gelder, P.; Vrijling, J.; Maskey, S.; … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 2, pp. 359-377
<Para ID="Par1">To guarantee a safe flood defence in a changing environment, the adaptation to climate change needs to be considered in the design of river dikes. However, the large uncertainty in the projections of future climate leads to varied estimations of future flood probability. How to cope with the...</para>
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Predicting Salinization Trends in a Lowland Coastal Aquifer: Comacchio (Italy)
Colombani, Nicolò; Mastrocicco, Micòl; Giambastiani, … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 2, pp. 603-618
<Para ID="Par1">The coastal aquifer salinization is an urgent problem caused by groundwater resources overexploitation and climate change. This phenomenon is enhanced in areas lying below the sea level, like the polders in the Netherlands or the Po River lowland in Italy. In these reclaimed lands the saltwater...</para>
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The Impact of Climate Change on the Water Resources of the Amu Darya Basin in Central Asia
White, Christopher; Tanton, Trevor; Rycroft, David - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 15, pp. 5267-5281
Central Asia is facing an unprecedented juxtaposition of regional climate- and water-related issues, emphasised by a changing climate. We investigate the potential impact of long-term climate change on the availability of water resources in the Amu Darya River, one of the two major rivers that...
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A Solution for Flood Control in Urban Area: Using Street Block and Raft Foundation Space Operation Model
Liu, Y.; Cheng, C. - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 14, pp. 4985-4998
<Para ID="Par1">The overdevelopment of urban area has decreased the city’s ground permeability and increased its surface runoff. Moreover, the urban area existing flood control system meets the high risk and new challenge for water resource management due to global warming and climate change. A huge idle raft...</para>
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