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The Drivers of River Temperatures Below a Large Dam
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2020
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Source: Water Resources Research, 56(5)
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Journal Title:Water Resources Research
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Description:Temperature is a fundamental aspect of water quality in rivers, controlling the rate of many ecological processes. By disrupting the flow of water, large reservoirs and dams can fundamentally alter downstream temperature regimes by resetting the water temperature and flow boundary conditions at the dam release point. Therefore, it is critically important to understand how the volume and temperature of these releases interact with meteorological conditions to in fluence downstream temperature dynamics. In this study, we modeled temperature dynamics in a large regulated river (Sacramento River, CA, USA) to better understand how heat fluxes, and ultimately river temperatures, responded to different physical
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Source:Water Resources Research, 56(5)
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ISSN:0043-1397;1944-7973;
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