Intercomparison of global river discharge simulations focusing on dam operation - Part II: Multiple models analysis in two case-study river basins, Missouri-Mississippi and Green-Colorado.

ABSTRACT: We performed a twofold intercomparison of river discharge regulated by dams under multiple meteorological forcings among multiple global hydrological models for a historical period by simulation. Paper II provides an intercomparison of river discharge simulated by five hydrological models under four meteorological forcings. This is the first global multimodel intercomparison study on dam-regulated river flow. Although the simulations were conducted globally, the Missouri-Mississippi and Green- Colorado Rivers were chosen as case-study sites in this study. The hydrological models incorporate generic schemes of dam operation, not specific to a certain dam. We examined river discharge on a longitudinal section of river channels to investigate the effects of dams on simulated discharge, especi

SUBMITTER: Masaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6204261 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature