Development of an integrated system to forecast streamflows in mountain watersheds for the operation of hydroelectric power plants

Fondef IT13i20037

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Abstract

This project will develop an integrated system to forecast streamflows in mountain watersheds. This system will use current distributed information (hydrological and meteorological) instead of using historical records for the forecast. The integrated system is comprised of a physical hydrological model that uses real-time distributed information to perform forecast at short, medium and long time scales, and a web interface that interacts with the user. The aim of this research is to reduce the uncertainty in streamflow forecast to optimize the operation of hydroelectric power plants.

Research Team

  • Bonifacio Fernández Larrañaga (Director).
  • Francisco Ignacio Suárez Poch (Alternate director).
  • Lina Mabel Castro Heredia, Ph.D. (Researcher).
  • Tamara Maass Wolfeson (Engineer).
  • Ruth Aracelly Méndez Rivas, M.Sc. (in program).

 

Publications (peer reviewed) related to this project

 

Conference presentations/abstract related to this project

 

  1. Maass, T., Castro, L., Suárez, F., Fernández, B. (2015). Bias correction of daily precipitation in south-central Chile using NCEP CFSv2. AGU 2015 Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA. December 14-18, 2015.
  2. Castro, L., Maass, T., Suárez, F., Fernández, B. Desarrollo de un sistema integrado para el pronóstico de caudales en cuencas de montaña para la operación de centrales hidroeléctricas. XXII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile. October 22-23, 2015.
  3. Maass, T., Castro, L., Suárez, F., Fernández, B. Corrección de sesgo de la precipitación diaria en el centro sur de chile, usando el modelo de pronósticos climáticos CFSv2. XXII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería Hidráulica. Santiago, Chile. October 22-23, 2015.