Ice Impacts on Flow Along the Missouri River

In recent years, drought conditions in the Missouri River basin have required more accurate control of releases at Gavins Point Dam, the further most downstream flow control structure on the river, to meet competing water needs for irrigation and recreation upstream and for navigation and municipal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wuebben, James L., Daly, Steven F., White, Kathleen D., Gagnon, John J., Tatinclaux, Jean-Claude
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1995
Subjects:
Hydrology
Limnology and Potamology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*WATER FLOW
*ICE FORMATION
*STREAMFLOW ANALYSIS
*MISSOURI RIVER
CONTROL SYSTEMS
IMPACT
DISTRIBUTION
ACCURACY
WINTER
NAVIGATION
ICE
RELEASE
RIVERS
ACCUMULATION
BASINS(GEOGRAPHIC)
RECREATION
RESERVOIRS
WATER SUPPLIES
DROUGHT
DOWNSTREAM FLOW
IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
DAMS
MUNICIPALITIES
GAVINS POINT DAM
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA294570
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA294570
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Summary:In recent years, drought conditions in the Missouri River basin have required more accurate control of releases at Gavins Point Dam, the further most downstream flow control structure on the river, to meet competing water needs for irrigation and recreation upstream and for navigation and municipal and industrial water supply downstream. In winter, ice accumulations can seriously affect flow distribution along the river. This paper summarizes a study of such ice effects. It proposes methods to determine minimum flow releases at Gavins Point Dam to meet downstream water supply without unduly depleting upstream reservoirs.

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