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A stochastic dynamic programing model for the operation of the Mediterranean‐Dead Sea Project
Author(s) -
Weiner Dan,
BenZvi Arie
Publication year - 1982
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/wr018i004p00729
Subject(s) - mediterranean climate , inflow , dead sea , hydroelectricity , environmental science , mediterranean sea , hydrology (agriculture) , drainage basin , stochastic programming , structural basin , mathematical optimization , geology , oceanography , mathematics , engineering , geography , geotechnical engineering , paleontology , cartography , archaeology , electrical engineering
Construction of the Mediterranean‐Dead Sea Project and exploitation of the elevation differences becomes possible as a result of the reduction in the Dead Sea water levels due to increased withdrawals from its drainage basin over the past 50 years. These withdrawals would be replaced by a controlled inflow of water from the Mediterranean, which would generate hydroelectric power. An optimization of the annual Mediterranean water inflows, taking into account the high variability of the remaining natural inflows to the Dead Sea, is carried out by applying a stochastic dynamic programing algorithm to maximize the discounted expected value of the plant benefits. In addition the algorithm determines the operational level of the Dead Sea with respect to the probability of occurrence of high hydrologic flows.