The response and strategy of Lower Yellow River to the reduced discharge

Author

Cao, Yongtao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Aeronaut. Sci. & Eng., Beijing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

26-28 July 2011

Firstpage

1835

Lastpage

1838

Abstract

The flow entering into the Lower Yellow River (LYR) has reduced substantially since 1986 because of the operation of upstream reservoirs, the decrease of rainfall over the catchment and the increase of water demand for agriculture and industry. Accompanying the changes in inflow conditions, the river morphology of the LYR also has some changes. Using the improved Lane´s balance equation, the paper gives a quantitative analysis for the channel length (slope), and based on the present problems in the LYR, proposed a new supplementary strategy of river training work to adapt to the changing discharge.

Keywords

agriculture; environmental management; geophysical fluid dynamics; rain; reservoirs; rivers; water supply; Lane balance equation; Lower Yellow River; agriculture; channel length; discharge flow; industry; rainfall; river morphology; river slope; river training work strategy; upstream reservoir; water demand; Discharges; Equations; Floods; Morphology; Rivers; Sediments; Training; Lane´s balance; Lower Yellow River; channel length; discharge; strategy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-771-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMT.2011.6002900

Filename

6002900