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DOI	10.2166/wcc.2011.054
	Potential impacts on hydrology and hydropower production under climate warming of the sierra Nevada
	Mehta V.K.; Rheinheimer D.E.; Yates D.; Purkey D.R.; Viers J.H.; Young C.A.; Mount J.F.
发表日期	2011
ISSN	20402244
起始页码	29
结束页码	43
卷号	2 期号:1
英文摘要	Watersheds of the Cosumnes, American, Bear and Yuba (CABY) Rivers in the Sierra Nevada, California, are managed with a complex network of reservoirs, dams, hydropower plants and water conveyances. While water transfers are based on priorities among competing demands, hydropower generation is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and regulated by federal and state laws and multi-party agreements. This paper presents an integrated river basin management (IRBM) model for the CABY region, built to evaluate management and regional climate change scenarios using the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system. We simulated potential impacts of climate warming on hydrology and hydropower production by imposing a fixed increase of temperature (+2, 4 and 6° C) over weekly historical (1981-2000) climate, with all other climate variables unchanged. Results demonstrate that climate warming will reduce hydropower generation if operational rules remain unchanged, making the case for climate change induced hydrological change as a foreseeable future condition to be included in the FERC licensing process. IRBM tools such as the CABY model presented here are useful in deliberating the same. © IWA Publishing 2011.
英文关键词	Climate change; Hydrology; Hydropower; Sierra nevada
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Federal energy regulatory commissions; Hydro power production; Hydro-power generation; Hydropower; Integrated river basin managements; Regional climate changes; Sierra Nevada; Sierra Nevada , California; Hydroelectric power; Hydroelectric power plants; Hydrology; Reservoirs (water); Water management; Climate change; climate change; climate effect; dam; hydroelectric power; hydrological change; hydrology; regional climate; reservoir; river basin; river management; watershed; California; Sierra Nevada [California]; United States
来源期刊	Journal of Water and Climate Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/148369
作者单位	Stockholm Environment Institute, 133 D Street, Suite F, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States; National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80301, United States; Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States; Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mehta V.K.,Rheinheimer D.E.,Yates D.,et al. Potential impacts on hydrology and hydropower production under climate warming of the sierra Nevada[J],2011,2(1).
APA	Mehta V.K..,Rheinheimer D.E..,Yates D..,Purkey D.R..,Viers J.H..,...&Mount J.F..(2011).Potential impacts on hydrology and hydropower production under climate warming of the sierra Nevada.Journal of Water and Climate Change,2(1).
MLA	Mehta V.K.,et al."Potential impacts on hydrology and hydropower production under climate warming of the sierra Nevada".Journal of Water and Climate Change 2.1(2011).