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Coordination and control – limits in standard representations of multi-reservoir operations in hydrological modeling
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Patrick M. Reed
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Danielle S. Grogan
Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Shan Zuidema
Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Alexander Prusevich
Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Stanley Glidden
Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
Jonathan R. Lamontagne
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States
Richard B. Lammers
Water Systems Analysis Group, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States
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Short summary
Amid growing interest in using large-scale hydrological models for flood and drought monitoring and forecasting, it is important to evaluate common assumptions these models make. We investigated the representation of reservoirs as separate (non-coordinated) infrastructure. We found that not appropriately representing coordination and control processes can lead a hydrological model to simulate flood and drought events that would not occur given the coordinated emergency response in the basin.
Amid growing interest in using large-scale hydrological models for flood and drought monitoring...
