Characteristic of Thermal Structure in Reservoir in Different Climate Zones

Abstract:

A three dimensional mathematical model was used to simulates water temperature structure of a model reservoir under the southwest plateau climate and the subtropics monsoon climate separately. The calculated result shows that: 1. in the Southwest plateau climatic region, obvious double convection was noticed of the surface water, while single convection appears in subtropics monsoon climatic region. 2. Thermal stratification in tropics monsoon climatic region is steadier than the southwest plateau climatic region. 2. In the subtropics monsoon climatic region the water temperature difference between discharge and natural water is more remarkable than the Southwest plateau climatic region, namely that in the subtropics monsoon climatic region the impact of discharge water on downstream water temperature is more appreciable. The research conclusion may provide reference and the basis for the contrastive analysis of related achievement in reservoir water temperature and the water environment.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 807-809)
• Pages: 1634-1643
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.807-809.1634
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Ding Guo Jiang, Yu Jing Bie, Wei Liu*
• Keywords: Reservoir, Southwest Plateau Climatic Region, Subtropics Monsoon Climatic Region, Thermal Structure

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