China’s Booming Hydropower: Systems Modeling Challenges and Opportunities
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 143, Issue 1
Abstract
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China for financial support (No. 91547201). The last author appreciates the HaiTian Scholarship from the Dalian University of Technology that facilitated this collaboration.
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Received: Jun 29, 2016
Accepted: Jul 25, 2016
Published online: Sep 9, 2016
Published in print: Jan 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Feb 9, 2017
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