Effect of reservoir zones and hedging factor dynamism on reservoir adaptive capacity for climate change impacts

Adeloye, Adebayo J.; Soundharajan, Bankaru-Swamy

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-21-2018

Articles | Volume 379

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-21-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-379-21-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 379

Pre-conference publication

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05 Jun 2018

Pre-conference publication |

| 05 Jun 2018

Effect of reservoir zones and hedging factor dynamism on reservoir adaptive capacity for climate change impacts

Adebayo J. Adeloye and Bankaru-Swamy Soundharajan

Data sets

Simulated historic and climate-change-perturbed runoff inflow series data for Pong reservoir A. J. Adeloye https://doi.org/10.17861/5d02c025-f457-4511-a724-487407932495

Short summary

We assessed the effects of different modes of operating reservoir on its ability to moderate water shortage impacts caused by climate change. The operating rule approach was enhanced by hedging using multiple zones and monthly rationing ratios for curtailment of water release. The results showed that basic hedging with single zone and constant rationing ratio caused significant reduction in water shortage during severe droughts. More complex operation modes produced only modest improvement.