Summary
Abrupt weather extremes, changing climate, and frequent natural hazards, such as floods and droughts, have created new challenges for the effective, sustainable, and flexible operation of our nation’s reservoir systems. To avoid reservoir failures due to insufficient operational flexibility and unpredictable water fluxes during extreme events, dam operators need two essential items: (1) accurate and reliable hydrological forecasts at extended lead times (ranging from days to months in the near future); and (2) powerful and adaptive decision support tools, which not only could assist real-time
