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Assessing the Impact of the Three Gorges Dam on Yangtze River’s Water Temperature

Author(s): Sebastiano Piccolroaz; Huayang Cai; Feng Liu; Marco Toffolon

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Keywords: Three Gorges Dam; Yangtze River; Water temperature; Thermal dynamics; Climate change

Abstract: The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) affects the thermal dynamics of the Yangtze River (China). By reconstructing the river water temperature that would have occurred in absence of the TGD, we quantify the separate contributions of climate and human interventions.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2731-1_108-cd

Year: 2018

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