Hydrological effects of water reservoirs on hydrological processes in the East River (China) basin: complexity evaluations based on the multi‐scale entropy analysis |
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| Authors: | Yu Zhou Qiang Zhang Kun Li Xiaohong Chen |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, , Hong Kong, China;2. Department of Water Resources and Environment, Sun Yat‐sen University, , Guangzhou, 510275 China;3. Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Water Security in Southern China of Guangdong High Education Institute, Sun Yat‐sen University, , Guangzhou, 510275 China;4. School of Geography and Planning, and Guangdong Key Laboratory for Urbanization and Geo‐simulation, Sun Yat‐sen University, , Guangzhou, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Using the multi‐scale entropy analysis (MSE), we study the effects of water reservoirs on the river flow records based on long streamflow series covering January 1, 1954 and December 31, 2009 at four representative hydrological stations, i.e. the Longchuan, the Heyuan, the Lingxia and the Boluo stations. Hydrological effects of two major water reservoirs, the Xinfengjiang and the Fengshuba water reservoirs, are evaluated. The results indicate that: (1) before the construction of the water reservoirs, the complexity of the streamflow series comes to be decreasing from the upper to the lower East River and which should be attributed to the topographical properties and buffering effects of the river channel; (2) construction of water reservoirs greatly increases the complexity degree of the hydrological processes, and this influence is subjected to a damping process with the increase of distance between the water reservoirs and the hydrological stations; (3) power generation is the major function of the water reservoirs in the East River basin. The results of this study should be of theoretical and scientific merits in terms of conservation of the ecological environment and also water resources management under the influences of climate changes and intensifying human activities. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | hydrological effects water reservoirs hydrological processes multi‐scale entropy complexity analysis the East River basin |
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