Quantifying the Regulation Capacity of the Three Gorges Reservoir on Extreme Hydrological Events and Its Impact on Flow Regime in a Changing Climate

Abstract The Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) is one of the world's largest hydropower projects and plays an important role in water resources management in the Yangtze River. For the sake of disaster prevention and catchment management, it is crucial to understand the regulation capacity of the TG...

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Published in:	Water Resources Research
Main Authors:	Han Cheng, Taihua Wang, Dawen Yang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2024-06-01
Subjects:	Three Gorges Reservoir reservoir operation extreme hydrological events machine learning floods and droughts Yangtze River
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR036329

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