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Georgakakos, Aristidis P.

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Implications of climatic changes for northern California water resources management for the later part of the 21st century

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009-11-24) Georgakakos, Konstantine P. ; Graham, Nicholas E. ; Georgakakos, Aristidis P. ; Cheng, Fang-Yi ; Spense, Cristopher ; Shamir, Eylon
The impact of precipitation measurement missions on hydrologic and water resource predictions

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008-01) Georgakakos, Aristidis P. ; De Marchi, Carlo
Climate variability and change assessments for the ACF and ACT river basins

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-04) Georgakakos, Aristidis P. ; Yao, Huaming

Climate variability and potential change have important implications for the management of the ACF and ACT river basins. This article discusses these implications using a decision support system developed by the Georgia Water Resources Institute at Georgia Tech. These assessments are made for historical as well as for potential climates generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The most important conclusion is that water resources planning and management decisions, including the water compacts being negotiated, should explicitly recognize and address climate variability and uncertainty by being flexible and adaptive.
A decision support tool for the Nile basin

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003) Yo, Huaming ; Georgakakos, Aristidis P.
Nile River basin impacts to climate and anthropogenic

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999) Georgakakos, Aristidis P.
Information systems for water resources monitoring and planning in the Lake Victoria Region

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1999) Georgakakos, Konstantine P. ; Yao, Huaming ; Brumbelow, James Kelly ; Bourne, Stephen ; De Marchi, Carlo ; Mullusky, Mary ; Artan, Guleid A. ; Sperfslage, Jason A. ; Georgakakos, Aristidis P.
A Review of Fish Ecology Models and an Approach for Integrated Reservoir and Ecological Management

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-03) Brumbelow, Kelly ; Georgakakos, Aristidis P.

Many species of fish have suffered detrimental impacts due to the construction and operation of reservoirs. Life-scientists have utilized three basic methods to attempt to include the needs of riverine ecology in the formulation of reservoir operation policies. (1) Beginning in the 1970's, discharge-based methods used heuristics to determine minimum allowable streamfiows to protect riverine life. (2) Habitat-based models were developed after the shortcomings of minimum allowable streamflow recommendations were realized and as greater knowledge of fish biology and ecology was gained. These models used hydraulic modeling and species- and lifestage-specific habitat preferences to determine quantity and quality of habitat as a function of streamflow. (3) Individual-based models have emerged in the 1990's as further understanding of fish life-processes has accumulated these models track the daily actions and movements of individual organisms. The State of Georgia currently uses a variety of discharge-based methods to determine minimum allowable strearnflows. The opportunity now exists to utilize many new technologies to integrate ecological and other "traditional" objectives in a real-time, operational decision support system. The principal technologies to be exploited include the ELQG algorithm individual-based models, computational fluid dynamics, and geographic information systems.
Water Resources Management: Challenges and Opportunities

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997-03) Georgakakos, Aristidis P.
A Control Model for Hydropower Systems Analysis and Operation

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-04) Georgakakos, Aristidis P. ; Yao, Huaming ; Yu, Yongqing

In North America, hydropower provides a significant portion of the electrical capacity, ranging from about 60 percent in Canada, to more than 30 percent in Mexico, to about 13 percent in the U.S. (North America Hydroelectric Research and Development Forum, 1992). Among the attractive features of hydropower is that it is renewable, clean, efficient, economical., and domestically produced. In the U.S., the amount of hydroelectric production is equivalent to nearly 500 million barrels of oil annually, which, at today's oil prices, have a value of $9 billion. In addition to meeting electricity demands, hydropower facilities play a critical role in water management, helping to provide flood control and water for irrigation, municipal and industrial uses, navigation, recreation, and fish and wildlife preservation. Improving the way projects are operated is a top research need. It is worth noting that a 1 percent increase in the efficiency of existing hydro plants in the U.S. would provide an additional 3 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, saving the equivalent of 1.4 million tons of coal or 4.9 million barrels of oil (North American Hydroelectric Research and Development Forum, 1992). The primary motivations for this research work are (1) to demonstrate that modem optimization methods can effectively optimize the utilization of hydropower facilities and (2) compare the relative performance of optimization and the more traditional simulation models. In this article, we take up the first task and describe the problems addressed, the models developed, and the results obtained. The second task will be the subject of a panel discussion.
Optimization model development and comparison

(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993) Georgakakos, Aristidis P.