Model Estimates of China's Terrestrial Water Storage Variation Due To Reservoir Operation

• Published in: Water resources research Vol. 58; no. 6
• Main Authors: Dong, Ningpeng, Wei, Jianhui, Yang, Mingxiang, Yan, Denghua, Yang, Chuanguo, Gao, Hongkai, Arnault, Joël, Laux, Patrick, Zhang, Xuejun, Liu, Yujie, Niu, Jun, Wang, Hejia, Wang, Hao, Kunstmann, Harald, Yu, Zhongbo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.2022
• Subjects: land surface‐hydrologic model; reservoir operation scheme; reservoir water storage; terrestrial water storage; ungauged reservoirs

Understanding the role of reservoirs in the terrestrial water cycle is critical to support the sustainable management of water resources especially for China where reservoirs have been extensively built nationwide. However, this has been a scientific challenge due to the limited availability of cont...