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Verification of Water Temperature Forecasts for Deep, Stratified Reservoirs
Author(s) -
Burt Wayne V.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr010i001p00093
Subject(s) - deep water , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , climatology , meteorology , geology , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , geography
Systems for forecasting downstream water temperatures for water passing through man‐made impoundments are discussed. Two forecasts that were made for deep, stratified reservoirs in the Northwest with low outlets are verified. The forecasts were made before the dams forming them had been constructed. Water temperature observations made below the dams after they were constructed are compared with the original forecasts. In both cases the forecasts agreed very well with the observations. A forecast for a high dam and a reservoir with near‐surface outlets is also compared with observed temperatures, but this agreement is not as good as that for the reservoirs with low outlets.