| Title: | Regulated river modeling for climate change impact assessment: The Missouri River |
| Authors: | Hotchkiss, R.H., S.F. Jorgensen, M.C. Stone and T.A. Fontaine |
| Year: | 2000 |
| Journal: | Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| Volume (Issue): | 36(2) |
| Pages: | 375-386 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04275.x |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
| Primary Application Category: | reservoirs, ponds, lakes and/or other impoundment effects |
| Secondary Application Category: | climate change assessment |
| Watershed Description: | ~1.5 million km^2 Missouri River, located in the Great Plains region in the west central part of the U.S. |
| Calibration Summary: | 1965-89 graphical comparisons between simulated and measured reservoir system storages are shown |
| Validation Summary: | |
| General Comments: | U.S. Army Corp of Engineers reservoir operational rules were incorporated into a modified version of SWAT. Reservoir storages were simulated much more accurately with the modified SWAT over a 25-year period. Simulation of arbitrary climate change impacts (e.g., 10% increase in precip.) indicate rules would have to be changed if climate changes. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | meteorology/climatology; modeling/statistics; simulation; surface water hydrology; reservoirs; Missouri River |