Title: | Hydropower generation, flood control and dam cascades: A national assessment for Vietnam |
Authors: | Nguyen-Tien, V., R.J.R. Elliott and E. Strobl |
Year: | 2018 |
Journal: | Journal of Hydrology |
Volume (Issue): | 560 |
Pages: | 109–126 |
Article ID: | |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.02.063 |
URL (non-DOI journals): | |
Model: | SWAT |
Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
Primary Application Category: | hydropower assessment |
Secondary Application Category: | model and/or data interface |
Watershed Description: | 977,964 km^2 combined Red River, Vietnam Coast and Lower Mekong River drainage areas, which together drain almost all of Vietnam, a small portion of southeast China and portions of Myanmar, Lao PDR, Thailand and Cambodia. |
Calibration Summary: | |
Validation Summary: | Our validation process demonstrates that the simulated flows are significantly correlated with the gauged inflows into these dams and are able to serve as a good proxy for the inflows into hydropower dams in our baseline energy regression, which captures 87.7% of the variation in monthly power generation. |
General Comments: | |
Language: | English |
Keywords: | Hydropower; Climate change; Vietnam; Large scale; Cascade; Flood control; Mekong River |