Growing impact of wildfire on western US water supply
Streamflow often increases after fire, but the persistence of this effect and its importance to
present and future regional water resources are unclear. This paper addresses these …
present and future regional water resources are unclear. This paper addresses these …
Restoring rivers and floodplains for habitat and flood risk reduction: experiences in multi-benefit floodplain management from California and Germany
Conventional flood control has emphasized structural measures such as levees, reservoirs,
and engineered channels—measures that typically simplify river channels and cut them off …
and engineered channels—measures that typically simplify river channels and cut them off …
Hydrological intensification will increase the complexity of water resource management
Global warming intensifies the hydrological cycle by altering the rate of water fluxes to and
from the terrestrial surface, resulting in an increase in extreme precipitation events and …
from the terrestrial surface, resulting in an increase in extreme precipitation events and …
Projected changes in interannual variability of peak snowpack amount and timing in the Western United States
Interannual variability of mountain snowpack has important consequences for ecological
and socioeconomic systems, yet changes in variability have not been widely examined …
and socioeconomic systems, yet changes in variability have not been widely examined …
Forecast informed reservoir operations using ensemble streamflow predictions for a multipurpose reservoir in Northern California
CJ Delaney, RK Hartman, J Mendoza… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ensemble Forecast Operations (EFO) is a risk‐based approach of reservoir flood
control operations that incorporates ensemble streamflow predictions (ESPs) made by the …
control operations that incorporates ensemble streamflow predictions (ESPs) made by the …
Adaptation of multiobjective reservoir operations to snowpack decline in the western United States
Long-term snowpack decline is among the best-understood impacts of climate change on
water resources systems. This trend has been observed for decades and is projected to …
water resources systems. This trend has been observed for decades and is projected to …
Satellite-based tracking of reservoir operations for flood management during the 2018 extreme weather event in Kerala, India
Uncoordinated management of hydropower dams during extreme and unexpected
precipitation events in mountainous terrain can have disastrous consequences due to the …
precipitation events in mountainous terrain can have disastrous consequences due to the …
Characterizing hydrologic vulnerability under nonstationary climate and antecedent conditions using a process-informed stochastic weather generator
The evaluation of water systems based on historical statistics is problematic when shifts in
the hydrologic system occur due to a changing climate. An explicit link to thermodynamic …
the hydrologic system occur due to a changing climate. An explicit link to thermodynamic …
[HTML][HTML] Significant and inevitable end-of-twenty-first-century advances in surface runoff timing in California's Sierra Nevada
Significant and Inevitable End-of-Twenty-First-Century Advances in Surface Runoff Timing in
California’s Sierra Nevada in: Journal of Hydrometeorology Volume 18 Issue 12 (2017) Jump …
California’s Sierra Nevada in: Journal of Hydrometeorology Volume 18 Issue 12 (2017) Jump …
Collaboratively modeling reservoir reoperation to adapt to earlier snowmelt runoff
K Sterle, L Jose, S Coors, L Singletary… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
Across many river basins in the arid Western United States, upstream surface water
reservoirs store snowmelt runoff to meet downstream water demand. A collaborative …
reservoirs store snowmelt runoff to meet downstream water demand. A collaborative …